Part I: The Psalm of Abandonment _____________ Michael F. Bird asked a provocative but obvious question: “How did the early [church] preach about Jesus if they did not have a New Testament?” He answers his own question by pointing to the Old Testament, the only Scripture the church possessed in her earliest years. Particularly, Bird Read More…
Category: Prayer and Spiritual Life
If My People Who Are Called by My Name
Since the beginning of the coronavirus my mind has returned time and again the ancient, often-repeated insight and promise found in II Chronicles 7:14:
… 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
This Scripture, understood in the full context of God’s word, provides not only a promise of healing but guidance for our prayer.