by Glyn | Sep 30, 2014
The last part of the book of James reads like a frantic doctor diagnosing ailments, and prescribing remedies at speed. As I read it this morning I became aware of how it emphasizes both the vertical (human to God/God to human) and horizontal (human to human)...
by Glyn | Sep 29, 2014
A.W. Tozer Another spiritual writer of unusual penetration has advised frankness in prayer even to a degree that might appear to be downright rudeness. When you come to prayer, he says, and find that you have no taste for it, tell God so without mincing words. If God...
by Glyn | Sep 25, 2014
I’ve often heard it said in Christian circles that God always answers prayer. The person will say, “God always answers with a ‘yes’, a ‘no’, or ‘Wait.’ But is this true, and is it biblical? I think not. This article by the wonderful A.W. Tozer, reproduced below...
by Glyn | Sep 24, 2014
The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked,...
by Glyn | Sep 23, 2014
I was reading the first couple of chapters of 1 Samuel this morning, and the theme of worship came up a few times. For those unfamiliar with the story, it starts with Hannah, the wife of Elkanah, praying fervently to the Lord for a child. God answers her prayer, and...
