The Case for a No-Filter Prayer Life
Why we, as God's friends, can speak to him freely.
Sandra McCracken
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Sometimes
I talk out loud when I’m sitting in the chair by my book table in the
morning or when I’m driving alone in my car. If someone happens into the
room, I feel a bit sheepish about these outward aspects of prayer. But I
find that talking to God audibly helps me concentrate. It’s becoming a
habit of friendship.
As
it goes with any conversation between friends, the topics between Jesus
and me meander from practical tasks to specific hopes and deeper
questions. “Will you ...
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Griffin Paul Jackson
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In
an action not seen in more than a century, the leaders of Jerusalem’s
churches closed the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday
in a show of united protest. The dramatic decision comes in response to
moves by Jerusalem authorities to begin collecting tens of millions of
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In a world of hookups and cohabitation, he took a leap—and made an act—of faith.
Rebecca Brewster Stevenson
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Our
firstborn got married this past July, and we are overjoyed for him and
his wife. They’d dated long-distance for two years. After hours-long
Skype conversations and scads of money spent on air travel, they were
more than ready to tie the knot and start their life together.
All four of us newly ...
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Many churches have embraced a multi-site strategy with a lot of success.
Jon Sanders
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After
almost 2,000 years of attacks from without and within, the fact that the
church continues to not just survive, but thrive is nothing short of a
miracle.
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