The Voiceless Prayer of God’s People Lesson 9 Romans 8:26–27 and Psalm 123:2 We teach our children to pray as soon as they are able to do so. Later in life we are also able to pray silently , but we still put our prayers into words even though we do not speak them aloud. […]
Lesson 7 UNIQUE ANSWERS TO PRAYER Psalm 3, Acts 12:5 & 12, II Cor. 12:8–10 Although we are assured of the fact that our prayers will be answered by the God to Whom we pray, the answers He gives are not always those we expect. While the answers are at times exactly what we had […]
Lesson 5 – Private Prayers Psalm 62:8, I Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 6:6 In any study of the subject of the believers’ prayers we must distinguish private from public prayers. Sometimes the difference between the two is not sufficiently recognized. If we do not give adequate attention to the difference between these two forms of prayer, we […]
Lesson 3 CONFESSION IN PRAYER Psalms 32, 51, 130 A Requirement We owe our God praise and thanksgiving whenever we come to Him in prayer. These subjects ought to form the first part of the prayers we send up to the throne of grace. However, we also express to Him our deepest need. What […]
A PLEA FOR UNITY IN INTERPRETATION OF GOD’S WORD After reading Banner reports and listening to local reports of Synodical delegates in reference to “Women in Office,” I’m wondering how this all started and what’s the main motive. Surely, it’s not because current deacons are not doing a good job. We’re surely not minimizing the […]
Lesson 1 PRAYER Psalm 141:1–2, Psalm 142, Acts 9:11 Introduction This season we will deal with the subject of “prayer.” This is not only a very important subject but it is also one concerning which there is a great deal of ignorance. Although the disciples of our Lord have been brought up in the religious […]
One more article on the subject of Women in Ecclesiastical office? No doubt many people are getting tired of reading articles on this subject. Yet, that irritation can become very dangerous. The subject has been before our denomination for a dozen years and our patience is being worn down by it. Why must there be […]
The Parable of the Unclean Spirit Lesson 15 Luke 11:14–26 Who Drives Out Demons? During the days when Jesus was here on this earth He met many people who were demon possessed. It is rather strange that that phenomenon should occur just at that time. We do not often read of it in the Old […]
The Parable of the Unrighteous (or Careful) Steward Lesson 13 Luke 16:1–13 Our Lord at times used illustrations which we would not dare to use for fear of being misunderstood. This is evident in this parable. He praises a man who is called an “unrighteous” or crooked steward. Of course, He does not praise the […]
The Parable of the Unrighteous Judge and the Widow Lesson 11 Luke 18:1–8 Both this parable and the following one deal with the subject of prayer. This subject is approached from different sides in each parable. Jesus emphasizes the necessity of persistent prayer in this parable, and in the next one He emphasizes the need […]