Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 1123. Bible reading dryness is something every Christian I have ever pastored has experienced at some point, myself very much included. The pages seem flat. The words don’t come alive the way they used to, or the way you keep hearing they should. You know you are meant to want this, and yet most…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4189. There is a world of difference between reading the Bible and meeting God in it, and that difference is the whole point when we ask how the Spirit makes Scripture come alive during devotional reading. You can sit down with the same chapter on two mornings running. One day the words lie flat…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11048 The use of written prayers, whether from a prayer book, a liturgical order of service, or a personal journal, has divided Christians for centuries. Some traditions rely on them almost exclusively; others reject them as incompatible with genuine, Spirit-led prayer. The question deserves a more careful answer than either extreme provides. The Biblical…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 11051 How long should a prayer be? It is a question that many Christians feel but few ask, partly because it sounds slightly embarrassing to admit uncertainty about something so basic. Yet it matters, because wrong assumptions about prayer length can produce guilt, pretence, and a distorted understanding of what prayer actually is. What…