Here’s an interview I did with Craig Sanders, editor of Towers, the Southern Seminary magazine, about my book Praying the Bible. This link will take you to the Towers online webpage where you can read the article. In addition to the interview, Sanders also wrote this review of Praying the Bible. To get info […]
Here’s a brief interview I did with Jared Wilson and the folks at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s “For the Church” website. (If at first you don’t see the embedded video, please refresh your page.) To get info on Don’s book Praying the Bible or to order it, click here.
Why pray the Bible? 1. You’ll pray biblically-saturated, biblically-shaped prayers. This means you’ll have greater assurance that you’re praying the will of God. The Bible makes plain (in 1 John 5:14-15 specifically) that we must pray according to the will of God if we expect him to answer. Can you have any greater assurance that […]
“Empty phrases” are ruinous in any area of spirituality, but especially in prayer. Jesus warned, “But when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words” (Matthew 6:7). Such “empty phrases” can result from insincerity or repetition. That is, we […]
I am thrilled to announce two important items: 1. Now available! The book I’ve long wanted to write: Praying the Bible. 2. A free, five-part video series from Crossway where I illustrate how to pray the Bible. The book: Does your prayer life seem boring? Do you have a hard time consistently communing with […]
It was the first of March, 1985. I remember where I was sitting when it happened. I was pastor of a church in the western suburbs of Chicago. A guest preacher was speaking at a series of meetings at our church. He was teaching on the prayers of the apostle Paul found in his New […]
Why pray when it appears that your prayers go unanswered? Why keep on reading the Bible when it seems like you’re getting little from it? Why continue worshiping God privately when you feel no spiritual refreshment? Why persist in keeping a journal when writing your entries bores you? Why engage in fasting, silence and solitude, […]
The unifying principle for all of life, including our spirituality, is found in 1 Corinthians 10:31—“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” This is the sun around which every spiritual practice, every decision, every prayer, and everything else—including our efforts at simplifying—should revolve. Concern for […]
When we’re born again from above by the Spirit of God, the Lord makes us “a new creation” (2 Cor. 5:17). Indeed, “The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (v. 18). But in doing so He does not eliminate our minds, our bodies, our emotions, our will or anything that’s a part […]
Here’s a brief video from Monday (June 15, 2015), when I unboxed my new book, Praying the Bible, published by Crossway. I did so at the Southern Seminary booth during the Southern Baptist Convention in Columbus, Ohio. In this video I display the book and give a short summary of its contents. Until the end of […]
