I gave this talk ‘How to Pray the Prayers of the Apostle Paul’ at a women’s breakfast recently. I got sick last minute and couldn’t attend, but I did record the following video. (Click here to watch the thirty-minute video–the teaching portion starts about 30 seconds in.) You can find a PDF of worksheet here. […]
The Apostle Paul
A Biography of the Apostle Paul’s Influence on John Piper
John Piper loves the Apostle Paul. And so do I. That’s why I decided to pick up Piper’s new book Why I Love Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons. Early on Piper makes a bold claim: “No one in my life, besides Jesus himself, has led me into treasures of life-changing truth like this man.” If you’re familiar with […]
Servant of Another Kingdom: Reflections on Visiting the Mamertine Prison
This summer my wife and I traveled to Rome to take in the sights and wonders of the ancient city. Due to the many layers of history buried beneath many current structures, one of our tour guides described the city like ‘lasagna.’ In our several days in the city, we drank from a fire hose […]
Six Observations from the Prayer Requests of the Apostle Paul
Scripture teaches us about prayer in many different ways: statements of fact, commands, parables, and by providing the prayers of many great prayer warriors to learn from. One of those warriors is the Apostle Paul. While Paul included many prayers for others in his epistles (see a complete list of Paul’s prayers), only a few […]
A Complete List of the Apostle Paul’s Prayers in the Bible
One way that each of us can improve the quality of our praying is to model our prayers after a mature believer. This is valuable advice to heed well in a church setting and also in our personal Bible reading. Besides observing the Psalms and the teaching of Christ in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), […]
