Fruits of Solitude The Bible is full of stories of heroes of our faith who spent significant time in solitude, whether it was voluntarily chosen or thrust upon them by their circumstances. I’d like to highlight some of those people here and touch on both the causes of their solitude…

The highest identity of the church is to function as a house of prayer. Jesus felt strongly about this. On two occasions, one early on in His ministry (John 2:16) and the other just a few days before His crucifixion (Mark 11:17), He forcefully cleared out the temple. What He…