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Originally Posted by py3ak  Matthew 6:13b --the doxology of the Lord's Prayer. We heard a short defense of its presence in the Lord's prayer, and then an explanation of it's utility: it gives us an opportunity to affirm our faith (spelled out in connection with kingdom, power and glory) and it teaches us to use arguments in prayer (again spelled out in connection with kingdom, power and glory, so that the argument we use in prayer are not self-centred, but rather glorifying to God). |
That sound like a good, practical sermon.
Aw, yes the doxology of the Lord's Prayer. I remember it well. I'm reminded of my youth, growing in an ecumenical Methodist church. We went to an ecumenical service, led by different church leaders, the service primarily a format (catholic, I presume), that I was unfamiliar with. It was hard to know what to do during the service, but finally they got to a part of the service that I felt was home territory, the Lord's prayer. That's something I could participate in whole-heartedly. Little did I know the catholic version chopped off that last part, as did everybody else in the room...except me.
