Q: If everything happens for a reason, and things are predestined to happen, then why do we pray? How does prayer change things? I struggle with this area in my Christian life, and I think partly because I don’t understand and don’t know if my prayer makes a difference.
Robert Morgan joins Michael to discuss biblical meditation. He shares what it is and why it is essential for our prayer life as believers.
Proverbs is not a random or disorganized collection. Dr. Bruce Waltke argues that Proverbs is divided into seven collections. These divisions help us organize our thoughts and look at the book of Proverbs with a clear mind.
Q: How Do I Know If I Am Actually Growing? If we’re not in God’s word, submitting to the control of God’s Holy Spirit and around God’s people, we can not grow. Nobody can continually grow on what they studied in the past if they are no longer in the Word. Are you asking God’s Spirit to control you?
Cindy Easley, Michael’s wife, joins him to talk about honest communication with the Lord and how the Lord always answers our prayers, just not in the way we would think.
Have you heard the joke that maybe Solomon dropped his dissertation on his way to have it bound? Perhaps that’s why his Proverbs can seem so disorganized…but that isn’t the case at all.
Q: What does it mean to “lift up your horn” like in 1 Samuel 2:1a: “Hannah prayed: My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is lifted up by the Lord.”?
Mike Novotny, author of “What’s Big Starts Small,” joins Michael to talk through common distractions that may prevent us from realizing our growth and maturity in Christ.
New Season, New Series: The Fear of the Lord, The Beginning of Wisdom. Join us for a study of the book of Proverbs.
Q: Can women be deacons? Were deacons an actual “office” in the first church, or were they simply servants/volunteers as the word denotes?