Angel Describes Different Prayers

At the beginning of his novel based on the apocryphal book of Tobit, Frederick Buechner captures this wonderful insight on prayer through one of his characters, ...

Persecuted Pastors Lifted Up by Prayer

In 2005, a Vietnamese pastor known as Silas was told by local authorities that he could expect to see trouble if his church continued to operate without ...

Prayer Deters Gossip

We never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray!

—Evangelist Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994)

Soldier Gains Entrance by Wounds

In 1863, during the Civil War, General "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally shot by his own troops in 1863. His body was laid in the Capitol ...

300 Men Confess Pride

During the Great Awakening, when the Spirit of God revived much of our nation's early faith, Jonathan Edwards was presiding over a massive prayer ...

Augustine's Mother Intercedes

The church father Augustine writes of the important role played by his mother's faithful intercession for him during his years of waywardness:

My mother ...

Praying for Others

In one Leadership cartoon, a man at a church meeting says to himself, Oh great! Here comes Bob. I told him I'd pray for him! "Dear God, help ...

Depending on the Disabled

One day [childrens television's] Mister Rogers was making a trip to California and decided to pay a visit to a teenager with cerebral palsy. "At ...

God's Method

We are constantly on a stretch, if not on a strain, to devise new methods, new plans, new organizations to advance the church and secure enlargement and ...

We Are Priests Forever

Not only are we the freest of kings, we are also priests forever, which is far more excellent than being kings, for as priests we are worthy to appear ...