The four Gospels contain several requests that the disciples made of Christ. Two noteworthy requests are that the Lord increase their faith, in Luke 17, and for the Lord to teach them to pray, in Luke 11. Faith and prayer have a strong bond, but today we want to consider Jesus’ response to His disciples’ request to teach them to pray. A model prayer similar to the one in Luke is given in Matthew as part of the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. These were not given on the same occasion. The...

THE POTTER’S WILL (Jeremiah 18:1–10) by Bill Bethel Clay on the wheel, misshaped and marred, Unfit in service and form; Useless as...

El Bruto / The Brute by Bill Bethel Range cattle, particularly in the South Texas brush, can become wild and dangerous. This is the...