Bible in Context

Pastor Dave takes us through the ACTS prayer model. Adore, Confess, Thank, Supplicate.

What do we do when we are angry with God? How do we pray? Psalm 13 outlines a constructive approach to prayers of complaint and lament. Join us in finding out an avenue to approach God in prayer when we are angry with God.

There’s a secret recipe to just about every prayer you’ll find in a prayer book or prayed formally in a church. Today’s technique brings focus to your own prayer life and when praying in public.

Raw honesty. Anchoring to a promise of God. And faith and hope. It’s a technique for prayer you’ll find in the Bible we explore today, using a prayer by Thomas Merton, a Christian monk and mystic, as our guide.

The Psalms have been an anchor for prayer life for millennium. Monks even pray them seven times a day. Learn how to tap the Psalms for your own conversation with God.

The Prayer, "Instrument of Your Peace" has been attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. This week we break down each line of this prayer and look at their scriptural support, while examining the impact on our lives.

Prayer Insights

Praying is like learning to talk. It comes naturally, especially the more we do it, but is also a skill to learn. How did Jesus pray? Those first Christians? And others for centuries? What do they have to teach us? The first of eight weeks, today dives into Biblical and theological ideas guiding prayer.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day. What better person to learn from than Patrick himself. Today looks at Patrick’sConfessio– an autobiographical statement of faith on his life, hope, and work.

Today wraps up life lessons from an early pastor to a fledging church. It’s week 3 of Ignatius to the Smyrnaean church. Hear his take on Christianity in practice, the importance of knowing what to believe and who follow, and reconciliation.

Week 2 looking at Ignatius of Antioch and his letter to the Smyrnaeans. Written c. 107 AD, it's a seedbed of early Christian thinking.