Writer Kathy Larson (KL) recently interviewed Karen Abercrombie, the actress who played Miss Clara in War Room. The movie, from the creators of Fireproof and Courageous , will be in theaters August 28. Below is the interview: KL: How did you get involved with this film? I didn’t know the producers of War Room, though I had…
War Room is about Elizabeth, a young woman who has it all materially, but whose marriage had become a “battlefield” with her daughter caught in the middle, quickly becoming “collateral damage.” An older wiser godly lady, Miss Clara, mentors Elizabeth in how to pray and instead of fighting with her husband, she begins to fight a war of prayer for him….
By Josh M. Shepherd, Bound for Life blog. Today marks the National Day of Prayer, recognized in federal law as a day “on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.” President Barack Obama issued the annual proclamation late yesterday, while governors in every U.S….
We are a praying people. The staff of the Presbyterian Lay Committee gathers regularly for a time of Bible study, prayer and mutual encouragement. Thousands of people share their prayer requests with us and we are honored to lift up each person and their request personally before the Lord. It is a privilege to pray…
By David Mathis, DesiringGod.com Prayer is at the very heart of the Christian life. Not only is it obedience to God’s command, but it is a vital means of our receiving his ongoing grace for our spiritual survival and thriving. And the joy of prayer — communing with God — is essential to what it…
By Chris Martin, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission It’s true. Millennials aren’t streaming into churches like their parents and grandparents did years before them. Evangelicalism has lost its cultural chic and the cost of discipleship has increased, even if only slightly, for the American Evangelical. These cultural changes, plus a number of other tendencies…
By John Piper, DesiringGod.com There are serious theological reasons why we love hyphenated phrases that turn verbs and nouns into adjectives. God-centered. Christ-exalting. Spirit-dependent. Bible-saturated. Gospel-rooted. Truth-tethered. Soul-satisfying. Sin-killing. Justice-advancing. Satan-defeating. Self-sacrificing. Risk-taking. Mission-pursuing. And more. One of those reasons is that making a verb into an adjective shows that it modifies a hundred things…
Join us in praying with and for the people of Pakistan, particularly those personally impacted by the attack on the school in Peshawar. Pray for the children. Pray for the parents. Pray for the teachers. Pray for the first responders and the military who responded. Pray for the families and friends of those who were…
By David Briggs, The Association of Religion Data Archives There is a touching scene in the new movie “Heaven is for Real” when congregation members one by one build a prayer chain as each learns the pastor’s son is seriously ill. Even as the minister portrayed by Greg Kinnear confronts God in anger over his…
When I say “Thanksgiving,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? (This is not a rhetorical question. Answer please!) If you’re an American and you’re really honest the answer is most likely “turkey,” “food,” or “football.” (Of course I have a precocious person in my kitchen who answered “cornucopia” and a person in my…