Sentences with phrase «various kinds of prayer»

The author discusses various kinds of prayer in the traditional motifs — petition, intercession, confession, thanksgiving and adoration.

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On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

The report recommended various forms of community life which would bring about renewal in life and mission such as «Base» Christian communities, House churches, Prayer groups, Monastic communities and other groups seeking a simpler life - style or seeking involvement in various kinds of mission.

In the present book I have spoken only incidentally of the «case» for prayer; my purpose here is to make suggestions about the actual practice of prayer, including the question of its effectiveness, the various kinds of praying in which we may engage, the significant exercise of private prayer and of public prayer, the way in which the Lord's Supper (or Holy Communion or Eucharist call it what you will) sums up all our praying, and finally the point of prayer in the total context of Christian faith itself.