5/19/2023 0 Comments Desiring God by John Piper![]() The text - namely, 1 Timothy 2:8 - says, “I desire then that in every place the men” - and the word is men, not just persons it’s males - “should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling.” Then Paul continues, interestingly, in 1 Timothy 2:9, without a break, and shifts from men to women and says, “likewise also, that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control.” I think it’s relevant for understanding the word to men to realize that it’s paired with a word to women. “Pastor John, hello to you! In 1 Timothy 2:8, we read that Paul exhorted men to pray in church while ‘lifting holy hands.’ What’s the connection between lifted hands and holiness? And what about lifted hands and prayer? Is this practice culturally dated, or is it a relevant one we should adopt today in our corporate church gatherings?” ![]() ![]() Within that category would fit today’s email from a listener named Robbie in Kentucky. ![]() And then we ask what practices that we read about in our Bibles are directly transferable to our local churches today. On this podcast we regularly take questions about how the early church did things. ![]()
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