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The Christward Collective Highlights

How Christians Walk in the World

Many of us have heard the Lord's prayer, but have you heard Jesus' other prayer? The Christward Collective contributor, Tim Brister, writes about Jesus' prayer on the behalf of His disciples. This prayer is commonly called His High Priestly Prayer. This prayer teaches us how Christians are supposed to walk in this world. Continue Reading...

 

The "Again" of Freedom in Christ, by Joe Holland

The luxury of the unexamined life is never the luxury of the Christian. Self-examination and preaching of the Gospel to your own heart is the duty of every Christian-always. The times during which Christians find themselves in most trouble are the times when they think that they have arrived at a new plateau of spiritual maturity--where self-examination is no longer necessary (or at least is not viewed as something as necessary as it had been in times past). Continue Reading... 

 

Forgiveness and the Christian's Piety, by Donny Friederichsen 

Before I was a pastor I served with the college ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. During my New Staff Training, we had the opportunity to hear from Bill Bright, the founder of Crusade. Our new staff class was actually the last class to be addressed by him before he died. by this time Dr. Bright was suffering from significant respiratory problems and was on oxygen and in a wheelchair. Continue Reading...

 

Praying for What You Love the Most, by Matthew Holst 

Your prayer-life is a measure of your spiritual maturity. Just about any decent book on prayer will tell you so. Your prayer lives exposes you to the reality that what is nearest and dearest to your hearts are those things for which you pray the most. It's an inescapable rule. In this respect, your prayer life may betray the public image which you, in turn, portrayed to others. Continue Reading...

Recommended resource on prayer: Matthew Henry, Method for Prayer. This is the collection par excellence of biblical passages that may rightly be used in prayer. The book covers every conceivable item of prayer and is of profound use to the Christian.

 

Text links: 

www.christwardcollective.org/christward/how-christians-walk-in-the-world

www.christwardcollective.org/christward

www.christwardcollective.org/christward/the-again-of-freedom-in-christ

www.christwardcollective.org/christward/praying-most-for-what-you-love-t...

www.christwardcollective.org/christward/forgiveness-and-the-christians-p...

http://reformedresources.org/ligon-duncan-books/a-method-for-prayer/

 

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