Texts

Close readings of specific passages — verse-anchored, narrative arcs, and thematic aggregates. Hebrew + Greek where it serves the practice.

Themes

Curated multi-passage groupings.

• intercession — standing in the gap
• lament — the prayer that holds the worst honestly
• prayer and watch — trowel and sword
• relational prayer — the prayer that survives the removed hedge — the prayer that survives the removed hedge

Close readings

Verse-anchored. Hebrew + Greek where it serves.

• 1 Samuel 12:19 — we have added unto all our sins this evil
• Job 16:17 — my prayer is pure
• Job 21:15 — what profit if we pray unto him?
• Job 22:27 — thou shalt make thy prayer unto him
• Psalms 36:11 — let not the foot of pride come against me
• Isaiah 1:15 — your hands are full of blood

Narrative arcs

• Moses, Aaron, and Hur — Exodus 17:8-13 — Aaron and Hur hold up Moses' hands