Jesus' name is not a name to be played with.

Dr. Tony Evans says calling on Jesus' name is not like saying

abra-cadabra.

This is a person behind the name, and if you don't know the person don't expect the power.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from

the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

When you're given the power of attorney,

you're able to make decisions and act on behalf of someone else,

carrying their authority in a similar way when we declare our faith in Jesus Christ

and pray in his name we're invoking his divine authority to communicate directly

with the Father and petition for his will.

Let's revisit this powerful sermon Dr Evans delivered on prayer

as he explained the rights and responsibilities of praying in Jesus' name.

God has already determined that what he does in history

on earth where you and I live,

he will do by means of Jesus Christ.

God is, in the words of theologians,

holy other.

Another word for that is transcendent. Another homegrown word for that is

for that is he way out there.

God is way out there.

He exists in a whole nother realm. But we live here in the realm of the five senses. How can I get

...