Monthly Archives: June 2013
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The Hypothesis of Prayer
Posted on June 24, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.I always cringe a bit when I see secular media touting evidence for prayer. The validity of prayer does not stand or fall on scientific verification. Rather, prayer gains its validity from the mouth of God in the pages of His Word. That said, I did put prayer to the test. My approach didn’t […]
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Call to Corporate Prayer
Posted on June 17, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.A friend of mine made this observation. “When Jesus gave the disciples the Lord’s Prayer, He said – ‘When you pray, pray like this…’ (Luke 11:2). The pronoun ‘you’ is plural. Jesus expected His disciples to pray together. When Jesus ascended to the Father, 120 disciples remained together in prayer. When Peter was arrested, […]
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The Question of Holiness
Posted on June 10, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.Among the articles on my USA Today iPad app, one took me aback. It posed the question, “Can a Christian watch ‘Game of Thrones’?” Not having read the books or seen the show, I’m not in a position to answer the question one way or the other. But what struck me was that the […]
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Connecting the Dots
Posted on June 3, 2013 by sdgale in 'CHOP Talk' Blog.It’s easy for us to miss unless someone points it out. How many times have we rejoiced over good news and forgotten that was something we had prayed about? Or perhaps God has worked something in our lives and we have not recognized it as relating to our plea to Him, perhaps a job […]
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