The Agony of Prayerlessness
In his book on prayer, appropriately titled, Prayer, Richard Foster notes: We today yearn for prayer and hide from prayer. We believe prayer is something we should do, even something we want to do, but...
View ArticleWinging Our Prayers
M ost pastors carefully prepare and deliver their sermons. They commit hours to study. They develop outlines, even manuscripts for each sermon. Some even practice delivering their sermons in empty...
View ArticleHouses of Prayer
Hughes Oliphant Old passed on to his eternal place in the courts of the Lord on May 24, 2016. As a regular contributor to Worship Leader magazine and personal mentor to our publisher, Chuck Fromm, we...
View ArticleKnowing the Target
(Originally published in Worship Leader Jan/Feb 2016. For more great articles like this one, Subscribe today.) Worship and prayer go hand in hand. In my mind, I can’t have one without the other. It...
View ArticleThe Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting
(This article was originally published in Worship Leader’s Jan/Feb 2016 issue. Subscribe today for more great articles like this one.) I once served a congregation that held a mid-week prayer...
View ArticleWorship Renewal Starts Here
(This article was originally published in Worship Leader’s July/August 2009 issue. Subscribe today for more great articles like this one.) Fifty-six years ago Alan Redpath wrote: There seems to be a...
View ArticleSong of the Morning Stars
Here at Worship Leader, our mission is to partner with God in his renewal of the Church through worship, and as a result we often find ourselves exploring the idea of New Song. Of course, New Song is...
View ArticleIs Your Worship Prayer or a Program?
This article was originally published in Worship Leader magazine (March/April 2007). For more great articles like this one, subscribe today. One of my favorite Early Church Fathers is Ignatius of...
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