Should We Pray for the Hands of Doctors? Praying Too Small

Posted on March 21, 2008 by mattdabbs

I always thought the prayer, “Lord, please be with the hands of the doctors…” was a strange prayer. We are asking for God to intervene without having to ask Him to do it all himself. It’s like saying, “God if you have time could you help this person?” We are asking for the doctors to [...]

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Gospel of Mark - From Fear to Faith (4:35-5:43)

Posted on February 28, 2008 by mattdabbs

The NIV chapter break between 4 and 5 is in an unfortunate place. 4:1-34 is a distinct unit and 4:35-41 clearly fits together better with the miracles in chapter 5. There is a common theme in the four miracles in these verses. In each one people are afraid and each time Jesus points to the [...]

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