Prayer Warriors

Though I am now using them for a different purpose than he did, I am indebted to Greg Boyd for some of the concepts I am sharing below regarding why we pray. Why do we pray? In a nutshell, the reason why we pray has to do with our God-given reality. Love requires freedom. Freedom creates risk. Risk creates moral responsibility. Moral responsibility is generally proportionate to influence. Influence is (generally) irrevocable. Power to influence is limited. Regarding love & freedom: genuine love requires significant freedom. And such freedom is supported through influence, not coercion. God influences humans. Humans influence other humans. Humans also influence God through ...

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Prayer Warriors is an episode from Walla Walla University Good Word Broadcasts by Good Word.

This episode is 13:27 long.

This episode was published on May 2, 2026.

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