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The Prayer and The Preaching by W.M. Lea as Published in The Baptist, Feb 20, 1875

Prayer of Thanksgiving from The Didache

picture source The Didache remains of the earliest descriptions of worship from the sub-apostolic church (circa AD 120). Apparently, The Didache was a manual of how Syrian churches were to be ordered in their various liturgical activities, activities especially including baptism, preaching, Lord's Supper, fasting, and prayer.1 Below is a thanksgiving prayer the church recited after partaking the sacred supper. The prayer may also be a suitable reflection on this our Thanksgiving Day. We give you thanks, holy Father, for your holy name which you have made to dwell in... Read more →

A.C. Dixon on what results from prayer

I've been preaching a series on prayer over the last several weeks. One meaningful quote I employed to describe the results of prayer contrasted to something else is by A. C. Dixon (1854-1925). Dixon was a "southern" Baptist (graduate of Wake Forest College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, SC at the time) ministering in a northern cultural climate. He eventually became pastor of Moody Memorial Church. Professor Gerald Priest describes Dixon as, Something of a microcosm of fundamentalism... [embodying] ... the qualities of personal piety, evangelistic zeal (intensified... Read more →

Scot McKnight's avant-garde attitude toward American politics expressed in criticism toward Louie Giglio

Allow me a brief follow-up word to last week's trending topic of discussion--Louie Giglio's withdrawal as President Obama's choice to offer the benedictory prayer at the presidential inauguration early next week. One of post-evangelical's chief scholarly representatives, Scot McKnight, took a brief flight out of the cuckoo's nest today with a short piece entitled "Louie Giglio and Inauguration Day Prayer" wherein he claimed that while Giglio did the right thing by backing out of the inaugural event, Giglio surely would have done the "right-er thing by never accepting such an... Read more →

The Beauty of Holiness by Peter Lumpkins

I'm preaching a sermon today from the Old Testament entitled "Hungering for Holiness." One particular corpus of Scripture which I find especially moving today includes the following (embolden added): >>> Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness (1 Chron 16:29) Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness… . O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all... Read more →

Prayer Concern for Adam Dooley and family

Dr. Adam Dooley is Senior Pastor at Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama. Just recently, Dr. Dooley and his wife, Heather, learned their 4 year old son, Carson, was diagnosed with leukemia >>> Presently, the Dooleys are in Memphis, Tennessee at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where Carson is receiving the best care modern medicine can offer. We all are much aware, however, modern medicine is but a human patch which cannot substitute for the Great Physician's sovereign grace in healing this precious little boy. Hence, we pray...long and... Read more →

Down in the River to Pray

There was a time in recent memory when both the Ordinance of Baptism and Ordinance of the Lord's Supper were considered sacred moments in the life of the Church. Sadly, too much I sense both have been reduced to showtime. Stage lights for the Supper and dramatic video for the symbolic burial and resurrection replace the reverence of obeying our Lord's command, memorializing our gracious redemption... With that, I am... Peter Read more →