What the Bible is Telling Us

In his book Simply Jesus, professor Tom Wright lays out for his readers his case that the Bible is, ultimately, a book about Jesus. “So if, as the Jewish people believed, they were the key element in God’s global rescue operation, it was doubly frustrating, doubly puzzling, and doubly challenging that the Jews’ own national…

New Pastor’s Prayer Thoughts: Psalm 40 (1 of 3)

Friends, I have published new prayer thoughts at Pastor’s Prayer Journey. Today’s installment is the first of 3 I will be publishing on Psalm 40. Thanks for stopping by. jerry Prayer, Psalm 40, ACTS, Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Supplication, David Powered by ScribeFire.

New Pastor’s Prayer Thoughts is Posted

Friends, Continuing my series of posts at A Pastor’s Prayer Journal, Prayer Thoughts, I offer you my latest post: Prayer Thoughts, Septembr 8, 2008. In this post, I offer prayer thoughts on the following Scriptures: (Adoration) 2 Samuel 7:1-29, (Confession) Joshua 7:1-26, (Thanksgiving) Isaiah 7:1-17, (Supplication) Matthew 7:1-29. Thanks for stopping by. jerry

Prayer Thoughts Update at a Pastor’s Prayer Journal

Friends, Tonight I updated A Pastor’s Prayer Journal with a new entry on my ongoing series of prayer thoughts. In this latest post I share prayer thoughts from the following Scripture: Revelation 18-19 (Adoration), Psalm 38 (Confession), Psalm 95 & 100 (Thanksgiving) and Ephesians 6:10-20 (Supplication). If you are seeking help praying the Scriptures, this…

New Feature at A Pastor’s Prayer Journal

Friends, I have started to regularly update A Pastor’s Prayer Journal. I am in the process of developing a seminar on prayer. I delivered my first session this past weekend at Family Camp at our local Christian campgrounds. The session was titled: Praying the Scripture. (I will be producing a semi-transcript of the hour long…

Richard Belzer asks: What Would Jesus do?

Friends, I didn’t know that detective Munchhad a blog, but it turns out he does. He wrote: These soulless operatives, at the behest of their “superiors”, rape and pillage the dictionary to obfuscate how little they care for our nation’s most vulnerable and helpless: hungry children! Many of these renaming attempts are patently ridiculous. But…

Thanksgiving Prayers

Friends, Yesterday a friend of mine gave me my very first copy of the Book of Common Prayer. I am so pleased to possess this book and share its depths with you.  Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation,…