How ought we pray? This is a common question in the Christian life. This question, however, is not merely about how we live out our individual devotions, or in what structure we voice our personal ...

The phrase “intercessory prayer” may be unfamiliar to some Christians. Others think this kind of prayer is only for a select few who are specially anointed. But the truth is that all believers are ...

Has anyone asked you to pray for them, especially for some specific intention? Maybe the person is seeking for healing from a health problem, or is searching for a suitable job or even a mate for ...

The Brief Rundown of This Particular Research: It was expensive (2.4 million); it was carried out by Harvard researchers; it was supported by the Templeton Foundation; there were 1,802 patients ...

Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can ...

In this episode Trent shows why studies of intercessory prayer can never prove the atheist claim that “nothing fails like prayer.” That’s kind of like the ultimate prayer test, isn’t it? If all these ...

Too often, our practices of intercession are thin to nonexistent. The Reformed tradition shows us how to revive them. We live in a world full of public trauma and tragedy. Most mornings, we wake up to ...

There exist countless prayers asking for St. Patrick's intercession, but one of them is from an ancient breviary from Armagh, Ireland. It is difficult to know the exact date of this prayer, but it ...