Notes on Amos 7:7-17

Amos-vs-AmaziahThis is an interesting face-off. Here we have the representative of official state-sanctioned religion confronting a rough, working class prophet. Read More...
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From Around the Internet

internet-wrldSome links from around the Internet: unlimited atonement, a charge to Seminary students, a possible renewal of interest in doctrine, unanswered prayer, and the morality of masturbation. Read More...
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Notes on Amos 7:1-6

Amos0615Here we see the prophet at prayer. Most often, in the book of Amos, we hear the prophet's voice denouncing the nations and predicting their coming doom. Here we see him at prayer for the nation — pleading for them to be spared. Read More...
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William Law: Prayer from the Heart

Wm.-LawAnother brief quote on prayer from William Law (1686-1761). Read More...
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From Around the Internet

internet-wrldA few links from around the Internet: the Politics of Exile, being “Biblical,” Calvinism & Psychotherapy, Prayer & the unchurched. Read More...
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William Law: Can You Pray About It?

Wm.-Law"Consider yourself as always wrong, as having gone aside, and lost your right path, when….” Read More...
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From Around the Internet

internet-wrldA few links from around the Internet: Google Reader, the Pope, prayer, and reading the Bible. Read More...
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William Law: Prayer That Renews

Wm.-Law“No vice can harbor in you, no infirmity take any root, no good desire can languish, when once your heart is in this method of prayer….” Read More...
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William Law: The Prayer Book You Need

Wm.-Law“The way to be a man of prayer, and be governed by its spirit…. Read More...
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Notes on Colossians 1:9-12 - Part 2

prayinghandsPrayer is at the foundation of all church renewal. We are regularly encouraged to pray. Before we need new ideas and quick-fix solutions, we need prayer. Read More...
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School of Prayer, Fall 2012

UR_LivingPrayer_WBKOnce again, I will be leading a School of Prayer, based on Maxie Dunnam’s Workbook of Living Prayer at the Crosswind Community Church in Dorr, Michigan. Read More...
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Adam Clarke on Prayer

prayer3Thoughts on prayer by Adam Clarke (1760–1832). Read More...
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The Intent to Pray

prayer4Reflections and a Prayer on Psalm 57:2. Read More...
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Hixon: Random Thoughts on Prayer...

prayer&candleA guest blog by Daniel McLain Hixon. Have you ever wondered if God is pleased with the Church's prayers? Read More...
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The Essence of Prayer

prayer4An excerpt from an old book on prayer. Read More...
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A Morning Prayer

prayer4Many years ago I made a quiet spiritual breakthrough in my life. Read More...
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Praying the Psalms

Hebrew+MS+PsalmsHow I learned to pray the Psalms. Read More...
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What Is Prayer?

prayer-image_2The following reflections are aimed at developing a basic definition of prayer. In order to discuss prayer, we need to know what we are talking about. Read More...
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The Wesleyan Covenant Prayer

jwesley004The Prayer from John Wesley's 1780 Covenant Service; the text and some links. Read More...
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How Does God Think of Us?

Reflections and a Prayer on Psalm 25:6,7. Read More...
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John Wesley On Prayer

jwesley-48rcblue“All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer...” Read More...
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A Peculiar Prophet (Bishop William H. Willimon)
Accountable Discipleship (Steven Manskar)
Allan R. Bevere
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Asbury Seedbed
Ben Witherington on Bible and Culture
Black, White and Gray (Sociology & Christianity)
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Cheese-Wearing Theology (Amanda MacInnis)
Christus Victor Ministries blog (Greg Boyd)
Covered in the Master's Dust (Ben Gosden)
Covenant of Love (Derek Ouellette)
Crumbs from the Communion Table (Justin Lee)
Dr. Platypus (Darrell Pursiful)
Euangelion (Michael Bird & Joel Willitts)
Everyday Theology (Marc Cortez)
Faith Improvised (Tim Gombis)
For the Love of Wisdom & the Wisdom of Love (Thomas Jay Oord)
Gentle Wisdom (Peter Kirk)
Gloria Deo: Wesleyan-glican Ramblings (Daniel McLain Hixon)
God’s Politics (Jim Wallis & friends)
Holloway Rev (Paul Weary)
Incarnatio (Matt O'Reilly)
Inhabitatio Dei (Halden Doerge)
Internet Monk
(Ir)regular Christian (Casey Taylor)
James-Michael Smith
James Pedlar
Jeff K. Clarke
Jonathan Martin
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight)
John Meunier’s Blog
Lisa Colón DeLay
Lakeside Reflections (Mark Payne)
Mercy, not Sacrifice (Morgan Guyton)
MethoBlog
McIlweb (Keith McIlwain)
Ministry Matters
Nijay K. Gupta
Notes from a Small Place (Jake Meador)
Oboedire (Steve Harper)
Of Dust and Kings (T. E. Hanna)
of Paper, Pints and Tweed (Mason Slater)
Pam BG's Blog (Pam Garrud)
Participatory Bible Study Blog (Henry E. Neufield)
Peter Enns
Pisteuomen (T. Michael W. Halcomb)
Professor Obvious (Jason A. Staples)
The Pulpiteer (Andy Croel)
Purging my soul…one blog at a time (Sam Nunnally)
Quadrilateral Thoughts (Ken Schenck)
Rankin File (Steve Rankin)
Rachel Held Evans
Randal Rauser
Real Meal Ministries (Brian D. Russell)
Reasonable Faith (William Lane Craig)
Reformed and Always Reforming (Randy Boswell)
Reformedish (Derek Rishmawy)
Roger E. Olson
The Ivy Bush (Jonathan Marlowe)
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (Brian MacArevey)
Society of Evangelical Arminians
Storied Theology (J. R. Daniel Kirk)
Steele's Answers
Teddy Ray: Theology, Ministry and Life with God
the episcopalian (William Birch)
The New Methofesto (Wes Magruder)
The Pangea Blog (Kurt Willems)
The Plow Boy (Lawrence Garcia)
The Search for Integrity (Bob Buehler)
The Unfiltered Wesleyan (Matthew Johnson)
Threads from Henry’s Web (Henry E. Neufeld)
The Blog Chooses the Blogger (Will Grady)
Theological Graffitti (T. C. Moore)
Theologician (Kyle Blanchette)
Unsettled Christianity (Joel E. Watts)
United Methodeviations (Dan R. Dick)
United Methodist Insight (Cynthia B. Astle)
Vital Piety (Kevin Watson)
Walking in the Wilderness (Pat Schwebes Dunbar)
Wesleyan Arminian (Kevin Jackson)
Wesleyan Leadership (Steven Manskar)
Wesleyan Sermons (audio)
W. David Phillips
Writing in the Dust (Wesley Hill)