Luke joins Matthew in including a version of what became known as the Lord’s Prayer. However, unlike Matthew, Luke separates the prayer off from the Sermon on the Mount. This may reflect the structuring of the Gospels to make points but also, as likely is that Jesus repeats in private, teaching he has given publicly. … Continue reading Teach us to pray
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The Archbishop, The Prayer and The Father
Over the weekend, the papers reported that the Archbishop of York was questioning the words of the Lord’s Prayer as “problematic.” The Guardian wrote “The archbishop of York has suggested that opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, recited by Christians all over the world for 2,000 years, may be “problematic” because of their patriarchal association.”[1]… Continue reading The Archbishop, The Prayer and The Father
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