Do we all pray to the same God?
On a radio program the other day, I heard something that got my attention. They said, “we all pray to the same God.” It is true according to Deuteronomy 6:4 (“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD”) that there is only one God. So, the question is, “who is this one God and what is His name?” Isaiah said, “Â . . . a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name...
Transformation
It was just another day in the neighborhood. A corrupt neighborhood – filled with dubious motives, hatred, politics and religious deviance. The city’s ministers, it seemed, were mostly self-serving and prided themselves in inflicting guilt on their saints with their powerful demands. There was also the working class. They married, and raised children with hopes and dreams. Most people were poor and lived in the lower city,...
When Prayer Was Wont To Be Made
“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.†(Acts 16:13) In the above-mentioned scripture there is an odd Old English word used to make a point about this prayer meeting that Paul was having in the city of Philippi where he was going begin to evangelize new ground for the Lord. The word “wont” from the...