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An Ed Stetzer post on prayer in a communication pandemic

Posted by Reimagine Curator on October 2, 2010 at 22:58
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to write the foreword for a book by R. T. Kendall entitled The Lord's Prayer.

I was glad to write it, not only because R. T. is a friend of mine, but also because it is a great book. I went back and adapted it to share some of my thoughts on prayer here at the blog.

We live in a world where communication feels like a pandemic at times. Words, ideas, and even emotions move about with unstoppable velocity. The human race has honed the science and art of transporting our content to one another. But I fear that we are at the mercy of the mediums and are losing our own messages. >>>
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  • Reimagine Curator April 20, 2024 22:04

    Ed Stetzer - - “If information was the answer,” entrepreneur Derek Sivers observes, “Then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” In our context we could say if preaching was the answer, our churches would be filled with hungry disciples. But information doesn’t magically bring transformation any more than the act of preaching mystically creates mature disciples. Yet we know that faithful and effective preaching of God’s Word prompts a hunger to better know God and a desire to serve him more faithfully. Preaching aims to close this gap between knowing and doing. So how do we preach in a way people today can understand? 

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