IX Marks e-Newsletter: Corporate Prayer

IX Marks has released their newest e-newsletter (Jan/Feb ’08) focusing on corporate prayer.  I thought I’d pass it along as I think corporate prayer is something quickly leaving contemporary liturgy in corporate worship services and worthy of good discussion.  Here’s the info:

ARTICLES 

On the Use and Importance of Corporate Prayer
Here’s how one pastor thinks through the use of corporate prayer for his church’s gatherings.
An Interview with Mark Dever

A Biblical Theology of Corporate Prayer
How corporate prayer is really a shadow and a type of the gospel itself.
By James M. Hamilton Jr. and Jonathan Leeman

Recommendations for Improving Public Prayer
A compelling case for why Scriptural prayers and planned prayers are best for the congregation.
By Terry L. Johnson and J. Ligon Duncan III

Corporate Aspects of the Lord’s Prayer
With the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus taught us to pray both with one another and for one another.
By Philip Graham Ryken

Thirty Two Principles for Public Prayer
Eighteen things not to do and fourteen things to do when praying publicly.
By J. Ligon Duncan III (following Samuel Miller)

A CORPORATE PRAYER TOOLBOX

Sample Corporate Prayers from December 2, 2007
Here are lightly edited transcriptions of the prayers of praise, confession, intercession, and thanksgiving by several men from Capitol Hill Baptist Church one recent Sunday morning.

Sample Corporate Prayers from December 9, 2007
Here are lightly edited transcriptions of the prayers of praise, confession, intercession, and thanksgiving by several men from Capitol Hill Baptist Church one recent Sunday morning.

Sample Sunday School Class—On Corporate Prayer
Here is the manuscript from a Sunday School class taught at Capitol Hill Baptist Church from the internally-written “Living as a Church” series.

BOOK REVIEWS

Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did; also, Corner Conversations: Engaging Dialogues About God and Life
by Randy Newman
Reviewed by Byron Straughn

Natural Church Development
by Christian Schwarz
Reviewed by Greg Gilbert

Advanced Strategic Planning
by Aubrey Malphurs
Reviewed by Owen Strachan