Entrusted with the Gospel

Roger's reflections on grace, God and other grand topics

  • Praying Like Paul and Don Carson

    It was in seminary that I was introduced to the idea of praying the Apostle Paul’s prayers.  My Greek professor, Dr. Don Carson (a.k.a. D.A. Carson), wrote a book on prayer (A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers), and as the title suggests, it was mostly about using Paul’s prayers to Continue reading

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  • Death is Wrong

    Elisabeth and I are reading Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir, by Carolyn Weber, the story of a young agnostic woman and her surprising encounter with Christ at Oxford.  Ms. Weber is a delightful writer, and this evening as I read aloud, there were a couple of passages that I almost couldn’t get through, they moved Continue reading

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  • Feel Like Giving Up?

    Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.  Luke 18:1 (NIV) I’m not going to say anything about the parable that follows this verse.  You can go look it up yourself later.  I will mention, however, that it’s in my personal top 5 of Jesus’ parables. I’ve Continue reading

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  • Prayer by Eric Alexander

    As a sophomore at the University of Illinois, I attended the 1984 Intervarsity Urbana conference.  Sometimes you don’t so much remember the conference as the feeling you had there.  That’s true for me and Urbana ‘84.  I had been a Christian for about 2 ½ years, and I don’t think I had so much considered Continue reading

  • Right and Wrong Worship

    This video that I ran across today gives me the opportunity to say something about worship, one of my favorite forms of prayer (don’t try to relate these comments to the video; I just thought it was somewhat funny): I really enjoy our worship at Edgewood – I think we are very blessed. And if Continue reading

  • Bait and Switch

    In one week our 40 days will come to an end.  Have you thought about what you will do after praying every day for 40 days?  Can I let you in on a secret that isn’t really? I’m hoping that your 40 days will become 40 years.  I’m hoping that the people who have taken this challenge Continue reading

  • Why is Prayer (Sometimes) So Hard?

    It is, sometimes, isn’t it?  It’s about 4:20 p.m. and I haven’t had my prayer time yet.  Mind you, today was not a normal day.  I was at a seminar in Houston yesterday (79° and sunny – it’s practically summer there), and so I was flying home today.  I got up at 3:45 a.m., which Continue reading

  • Just Another Wednesday?

    I partook in an Ash Wednesday service last year at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Waupun.  My friend Peter Bird is the Vicar or Pastor there, and he had invited me.  I think it might have been my first Ash Wednesday service…ever.  Ash Wednesday, for those not in the know, is a day of repentance which Continue reading

  • Learning Prayer from Jerry Seinfeld

    Years ago, my friend Charlie introduced me to the concept of “plundering the Egyptians.”  It comes from when Israel was to finally leave Egypt, and they simply asked for all of Egypt’s stuff on the way out.  The people of Egypt, decimated by the various plagues, gave them gold, silver and clothing because they had found Continue reading

  • Praying for the People of Edgewood Church

    Can the staff of a church do anything more productive than pray together? I can’t think of what that would be, and so most every Monday, Edgewood’s staff spends 30 – 45 minutes in prayer over our Friendship Register prayer requests. A long time ago (10 years maybe?), someone complained that our administrative assistants were being paid to pray Continue reading

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