Part 2 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Note: This is a revised and expanded version of a previous post. Yesterday I raised the issue of whether or not Rick Warren should pray “in the name of Jesus” when he…

Part 1 of series: Rick Warren, the Obama Inauguration, and Praying in Jesus’ Name Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series A recent AP news story featured this headline: “Warren’s inauguration prayer could draw more ire.” The implied, earlier ire came when President-elect Barack Obama chose Rick Warren to give the invocation at…

On Saturday I put up a link to a fascinating article in the Los Angeles Times: “A closer, faster walk with thee.” This article provided many examples of Christians encouraging other believers to grow in their relationship with God by spending short amounts of devotional time each day (for example, The One Minute Bible or…

Set Apart . . . by God, for God READ Psalm 4:1-8 You can be sure of this: The LORD set apart the godly for himself. The LORD will answer when I call to him. Psalm 4:3 Throughout the Scripture, God sets apart people for himself and his purposes. Often the Bible uses the language…

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