Passage: 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 The prayer in this passage begins in 11-12.  Paul begins the prayer by saying “with this in mind we pray…”  This indicates that in this text we have insight into Paul’s mental process as he prays, informing those of us who come after him how we might pray more like the [...]

I was approached by a church member with a request to devote some special time in teaching to prayer. After expositing the Lord’s Prayer I thought it would be appropriate to work through a book written specifically on the subject of prayer. I eventually settled on D.A. Carson’s A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from [...]

Alright, here is the final T4G2010 donation to my library:

Less swag because no Band of Bloggers but I did end up with two books off my Amazon Wishlist. Thanks to Moody, 9 Marks, Multnomah, Thomas Nelson, Christian Heritage, Crossway, and Desiring God.

Here are the books I picked up at Together for the Gospel and Band of Bloggers. Did I mention it is day 1 of 3? Thanks to Crossway, Broadman and Holman, Kregel, 9 Marks, Multnomah, Moody, Matthias Media, Reformation Heritage Books, Lifeway, & Founders Press.

Introduction The book Four Views on Hell centers on the eternal destiny of those who die outside of the grace of God in Christ.  The writers’ four positions defended in the book are “The Literal View” (John F. Walvoord, former President of Dallas Theological Seminary and author of some 30 books on Christian theology, including [...]