Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer in Luke Part 1

LUKE 11:1-2b

¹ It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” ² And He said to them, “When you pray, say:

   ‘Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
³ ‘Give us each day our daily bread.
⁴ ‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”

Main point: Before going into further principles in this series on prayer, we will see Jesus laying three important building blocks so that you will pray to God.

1. You should pray (1-2a)
2. You should pray with others (2b)
3. You should pray intimately (2c)

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How to be make it through Seminary financially while being poor

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Are you thinking about going to seminary to study to be a Pastor?  Even if you are not going to seminary but you are a Christian who loves God, do you know someone who is thinking about going to seminary but might be working through the issue of finance?

Here are ten practical things that I found helpful to get through Seminary when the finances are hard.  They were things that I personally found helpful to make it through my Master’s of Divinity (MDiv) and Master’s of Theology (ThM).   While there’s personal responsibility I also realize it was God’s grace that provided for me and also the means of others who showed me love and help along the way too.

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Review: Geronimo Stilton Reporter #5: Barry the Moustache

I haven’t done our blog’s “wee-kids Wednesdays” lately but here’s this week’s review of Children’s books.  While this week’s review of children’s books aren’t Christian works they are still something homeschool kids and parents would appreciate!

Geronimo Stilton.  Geronimo Stilton Reporter #5: Barry the Moustache. New York, NY: Papercutz, June 9th 2020. 64 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

Looking for more fun with the mouse reporter Geronimo Stilton and his family and friends?  Here’s another adventure!  I love Geronimo Stilton’s stories and characters, they are a lot of clean fun for my daughters who look forward to every new title and want me to read it again and again.  This is volume five of the Geronimo Stilton Reporter” series and while earlier I said volume four was my favorite one of the “Geronimo Stilton Reporter” series published by Papercutz volume five now takes first place!

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Disciplining Your Kids Series: Table of Contents

Have you wonder how do you spiritually disciplining your children?  This three part outline series on our blog has gone over Biblical method on disciplining our kids.  Check it out below!

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Guest Post: Making The Most Of Every Opportunity

Note: This is a guest post since presently I am busy today teaching class online for seminary students overseas.  This is by Robert Chamberlain.  His blog be found here, here and here!  Yes he blogs in three places!  Go check out his page and give his blogs a follow!

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:2‭-‬6 NIVUK

https://bible.com/bible/113/col.4.2-6.NIVUK

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Review: Disciplines of a Godly Man

 

R. Kent Hughes. Disciplines of a Godly Man. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, January 10th 2006.  304 pp.

4 out of 5

Purchase: Westminster |Amazon

Are you looking for a book on biblical manhood?  By biblical manhood I want to emphasize “biblical,” and not something weird that’s all about beating one’s chest and following after some kind of cultural stereotype of what a man should be.  If so this book is one you should consider picking up and reading; or purchasing for someone as a gift.  This is a Christian classic that many in my church have read through and used extensively by previous pastors before me.  My most recent reading of this book was in the last two years as I slowly went over it with some of the high school young men in my church.

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The Church during the days of Corona Virus: Pray for those who have the virus

Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition.  Last week we wrote “The Church during the days of Corona Virus: Pray for those who are unemployed.”  For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for those who have the virus.

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Bible Contradiction? Did Asa remove the high places?

 

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Did Asa remove the high places?

Here are the answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

Asa removed the high places.

“for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment. 5 He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him.” (2 Chronicles 14:3-5)

Asa did not remove the high places.

“But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the Lord all his days.” (1 Kings 15:14)

“But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.” (2 Chronicles 15:17)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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Audiobook Review: They Came to Baghdad

A weekend fiction audio book review…because Pastors also need a break from reading and also for you staying at home in light of the Corona Virus…

 

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. New York, NY: HarperAudio, July 03, 2012. 7 hours, 35 minutes, 26 seconds.

4 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This is my first audiobook listening to famous mystery writer Agatha Christie!  I’ve been wanting to read her books but my busy work schedule of reading and reviewing other subject areas doesn’t leave much time to read fiction at the moment.  The audiobook is over seven hours long for a novel that’s over three hundred pages and I thought that was reasonable audio length.  It is narrated and performed by Emilia Fox and she does a good job of vocally portraying the various characters while also acting as the narrator describing each individual.

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3D Prayer

Establish the need: Do you know what God’s Word has to say about prayer?

 

Purpose: Today we shall see three Ds of prayer so that we would desire to pray to God today.

 

1. The Duty of Prayer
2. The Difficulties of Prayer
3. The Delight of Prayer

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Review: Birth: The Mystery of Being Born

 

James C. Howell. Birth: The Mystery of Being Born. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, April 21st 2020. 208 pp.

2 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

This book kind was kind of disappointing.  According to the publisher Baker Academic the series in which this book is a part of “provides pastors and pastors-in-training with rich theological reflection on the various seasons that make up a human life, helping them minister with greater wisdom and joy.”  The theological reflection wasn’t as biblical nor as rigorous or practical as I expected.  What’s even more disappointing is the bad theology that is in this book.  In this review I want to talk first about the way the book is organized followed by its strength and then its weakness.

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Third Week of April 2020 Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links

Note: Thanks for you all who prayed for my first week teaching the seminary course online this week yesterday night!  It went well as far as I can tell and I know these kind of thing is possible because of prayers of God’s people whether in my local church or online!

Here are links related to the subject of Presuppositional apologetics gathered online between April 15th-21st, 2020.

1.) Atheists Presupposing Naturalism

2.) Bible Contradiction? Who made the ark of the covenant?

3.) Christian Kindle Book Deals – 04/20/2020

4.) How Do You Develop a Biblical Worldview?

5.) Why I am Still a Presuppositionalist

5.) Our Finite Knowledge (Van Til)

6.) Why Matthew said two men were possessed with demons at the country of the Gadarenes?

7.) Why Does God Allow Pain and Suffering?

 

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend , or that of another reblog here, and a repost here.

 

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Why Matthew said two men were possessed with demons at the country of the Gadarenes?

In my post Bible Contradiction? How many men were possessed with demons at the country of the Gadarenes? I have already shown that there is not a logical contradiction between Matthew 8:28 pitted against Mark 5:12 and Luke 8:26-27 which mentioned there are two men and one man Jesus healed respectively.

A sister in the Lord asked a follow up question:

What then is the significance of Matthew saying 2 versus Mark and Luke saying “a man”? Since most details in God’s Word have a reason or significance behind it, I’m wondering if there’s a deeper meaning/reason behind why each account mentioned the number the way they did?

I don’t think this is easy to answer.  Still I think its a fruitful exercise to consider the question by examining more deeper the Scriptures.  I will first make some observations and close with some thoughts on its significance.

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Free PDF and Review: What Is a Biblical Christian? By Albert Martin

Albert Martin. What Is a Biblical Christian?  Pensacola, FL: Chapel Library, March 28th 2014. 22 pp.

5 out of 5

Free: Chapel Library

Purchase: Amazon (99 cents for Kindle)

If you can give a small booklet to someone that explain what is Christianity and how someone can be saved to go to heaven what would it be?  For me it is this booklet by preacher Al Martin titled What Is a Biblical Christian?  This is published by Chapel Library, a wonderful organization that reprints a lot of Christian historical classics that is doctrinally sound and Gospel centered.  The presentation of the Gospel in the book is clear and biblical, something that is very important for the sake of the salvation of any unbeliever that is reading this work.  I recommend this not only for nonbelievers as an evangelistic tool but also for seasoned pastors in the ministry to learn from the author’s example of a clear and biblical presentation of the Gospel.  Even for everyday Christians who already are saved this is still an edifying read!  One can’t be reminded of the Gospel enough!

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The Church during the days of Corona Virus: Pray for those who are unemployed

Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition.  For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for those who are unemployed.

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