University Baptist Church-Houston

A regular element of Old Testament prayer, as revealed in the Psalms, was drawing upon God’s character and past deeds. This practice illustrated the person’s trust and confidence that God was both capable and willing to help, as well as encouraged God...

A second common area of prayer seen throughout the Old Testament is the Plea. Whereas the protest cries out for God’s attention and action regarding something in the world around us, the plea primarily does the same for something uniquely personal to...

A second common area of prayer seen throughout the Old Testament is the Plea. Whereas the protest cries out for God’s attention and action regarding something in the world around us, the plea primarily does the same for something uniquely personal to...

One of the greatest aspects to living life with God is the access we have to communicate with him. Throughout the Bible, prayer is exemplified in many different forms, all of which illustrate the possibility that God’s people have to speak to and hear...

One of the greatest aspects to living life with God is the access we have to communicate with him. Throughout the Bible, prayer is exemplified in many different forms, all of which illustrate the possibility that God’s people have to speak to and hear...

Singing has been a part of the life of the church for its entire history, and a part of the community of God even longer than that. It continues to be the chief manner in which the people of God corporately express their thanks, adoration, and...

Singing has been a part of the life of the church for its entire history, and a part of the community of God even longer than that. It continues to be the chief manner in which the people of God corporately express their thanks, adoration, and...

For Israel, life with God was full of blessings. Over and over the Old Testament speaks about all the things God gave his people: land, protection, manna, deliverance, torah, and children just to name a few. But Israel’s relationship with God was...

For Israel, life with God was full of blessings. Over and over the Old Testament speaks about all the things God gave his people: land, protection, manna, deliverance, torah, and children just to name a few. But Israel’s relationship with God was...

The story of the Israelite people in the Old Testament paints a vivid picture of transience: from nomadic Abraham, to refugee Jacob, to imprisoned Joseph, to the people enslaved in Egypt, to wandering in the wilderness, to war in the Promised Land, to...