As you can tell from the message last Sunday as well as this week’s posts, I have wanted to devote considerable time and energy to the subject of praying in tongues. So for today I want to share some concluding reflections on the subject: The best resource on the topic is Craig Keener’s Gift And Read the full article…
There are times when needs are so great or burdens are so heavy that I don’t know what to pray for or even how to pray. It’s as if the prayer issue is beyond my ability to articulate. Another way of saying it: I’ve run out of words. Which is the reality to which Romans Read the full article…
“For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.” I Corinthians 14:2“For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.” I Corinthians 14:14Aren’t those words odd? That there is a way of Read the full article…
So yesterday we tackled one of those subjects that churches like us usually avoid: praying in tongues. I tried to “de-weird” something that is inherently, well, weird. As part of the message, I told of my own journey from skepticism about tongues to pursuing it to actually receiving it to how I pray in tongues Read the full article…
I got HDTV for Christmas. Once you get that kind of picture quality, it’s hard to go back. So I won’t. Hi-Def TV is just so clear, sharp, and vivid. What if prayer could be like that? Instead of something you do because you are supposed to, what if prayer could be the most vivid Read the full article…
