Ed Walsh
Puritan Board Senior
Greetings beloved of the Lord,
This topic about the Lord's Prayer was brought up on the Puritan board before. Here's one from 2008, Recitation of the Lord's Prayer, but I hope that no one will mind me asking about it again.
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As the title says, does your church recite the Lord's Prayer in unison during the worship service?
Mine does and I've finally stopped participating. I spoke to one of the elders, a good friend of mine, about my ideas regarding the practice, and he said he would look into it and thanked me.
Whatever the purpose of its recitation, it certainly isn't prayer. Who on Earth could pray the first three petitions of the Lord's Prayer about the Holiness of God, the Kingdom of God, and express desire for His will to be done on Earth like the angels in heaven--all within a space of between 10 and 12 seconds. Yes, I timed it.
First of all, it seems clear to me that the Lord's Prayer was never meant to be recited word for word in a hurried way. Just compare its rendering in Luke, and you will see how much variation there is between the two.
At best, it seems to be a brain dulling, overly familiar use of a beautiful passage of scripture.
I told my Elder that it seemed either a superstition or a kind of incantation, but never a prayer.
At worst, I consider it is taking God's name in vain.
What say ye all?
This topic about the Lord's Prayer was brought up on the Puritan board before. Here's one from 2008, Recitation of the Lord's Prayer, but I hope that no one will mind me asking about it again.
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As the title says, does your church recite the Lord's Prayer in unison during the worship service?
Mine does and I've finally stopped participating. I spoke to one of the elders, a good friend of mine, about my ideas regarding the practice, and he said he would look into it and thanked me.
Whatever the purpose of its recitation, it certainly isn't prayer. Who on Earth could pray the first three petitions of the Lord's Prayer about the Holiness of God, the Kingdom of God, and express desire for His will to be done on Earth like the angels in heaven--all within a space of between 10 and 12 seconds. Yes, I timed it.
First of all, it seems clear to me that the Lord's Prayer was never meant to be recited word for word in a hurried way. Just compare its rendering in Luke, and you will see how much variation there is between the two.
At best, it seems to be a brain dulling, overly familiar use of a beautiful passage of scripture.
I told my Elder that it seemed either a superstition or a kind of incantation, but never a prayer.
At worst, I consider it is taking God's name in vain.
What say ye all?