Bill Thrasher | Keeping the Faith

Bill Thrasher is a professor of Bible and Theology at the Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago. He is the author of A Journey to Victorious Praying. Bill and his wife, Penny, have three sons.

Receiving Help in Prayer from Others

December 10th, 200911:36 AM ET

By Bill Thrasher

Peter was a delightful student from Edinburgh, Scotland, whom God sent to study at Moody Bible Institute in 1981. He also became a dear friend. After he completed his studies at Moody, he went on to graduate school in the Chicago area. During this time we frequently met on Friday nights, usually exhausted from the week. Our first agenda was to go e...
Receiving Help When You Don’t Know How to Pray

December 04th, 200912:08 PM ET

By Bill Thrasher

Ming came to me one day in great discouragement as he told me about his ministry. He was in his late fifties and had left his career in chemical engineering to study for the ministry. While interning at a local church, he visited a lady in the hospital who was very sick and also very bitter. She informed him in no uncertain terms that she did not ...
Discovering Our Need of God

November 23rd, 200901:49 PM ET

By Bill Thrasher

What is prayer? O. Hallesby, one of Norway's leading Christian teachers, said that prayer is an attitude of our hearts toward God. It is an attitude of helplessness. This attitude of helplessness is not meant to drive you to anxiety but rather to drive you to God. In other words, prayer is helplessness plus faith. We may stumble over this until we...

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Jesus talked about no faith, little faith, faith, growing faith, more faith, much faith, which kind do you have right now?

Keeping the Faith

Receiving Help in Prayer from Others

Receiving Help When You Don’t Know How to Pray

Discovering Our Need of God