by Karl Fickling | Feb 28, 2019 | Carroll Prayer Network, Scripture, Theology
Energizer Bunny Praying I remember, quite fondly, several times when I got to hear Billy Kim preach. He was Billy Graham’s interpreter in Korean crusades, and he pastored the largest Baptist church in the world, at the time. I heard him on his tours as acting...
by Wade Berry | Feb 26, 2019 | Carroll Prayer Network, Scripture, Theology
A National Sensation The Prayer of Jabez (cf. 1 Chronicles 4:9-10) was a little book that became a big deal in many Christian circles about twenty years ago. It chronicled the prayer (the word is not actually used) of a mysterious man named Jabez, and this prayer was...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 21, 2019 | Carroll Community, Carroll Prayer Network, Leadership, Ministry
It is a sobering time for the church right now. As a Southern Baptist, I am sickened by the details of the recent Houston Chronicle report on sexual abuse, cover-up, and inaction within our denomination. Even locally, we have seen ministers leaving their posts...
by Wade Berry | Feb 19, 2019 | Carroll Prayer Network, Scripture, Theology
Last week, we explored how Samuel used prayer to cope with his disappointment, frustration, and anger. We saw that Samuel received surprising instructions from God, instructions that demonstrated God’s deep and accurate knowledge of the situation but that also...
by Wade Berry | Feb 12, 2019 | Carroll Prayer Network, Scripture, Theology
What do you do when people turn against you? What do you do when circumstances do not go your way? What do you do when you get frustrated about the tasks that you have been assigned or the people who have been entrusted to your care? That is precisely the situation in...
by Sharon Gresham | Feb 7, 2019 | Carroll Prayer Network, Scripture
Life often puts barriers in front of our hopes and plans, and we cannot see why we do not move forward with projects, opportunities, or dreams. I have considered the reasons that I have seemed stuck in life, have not received answers to prayers, have not been able to...
