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A conversation with Mark Charles and John Witvliet on the Lord's Prayer.
Reflect on this discussion (posted as five short videos on YouTube) of the Lord’s Prayer and the invitation to consider each petition of the prayer as a promise and invitation from God to God’s people to grow into new forms of perception and obedience.
(1) Our Father in Heaven: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(2) Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(3) Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(4) Forgive Us Our Sins: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
(5) Lead Us not into Temptation: Growing into the Prayer Jesus Taught Us
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
The last few minutes of corporate worship are critical because they frame the entire purpose of worship and its connection to our lives in the world.
How did early Christians understand their illness and pain in their Greco-Roman context?
Pastors of three Hispanic churches will share what they learned from experiences implementing congregational projects related to the development of new understandings and practices of worship and preaching.
Explore how Christians in the earliest centuries of Christianity engaged topics related to wealth and poverty in their preaching, public prayers, offerings, celebrations of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and the shaping of buildings and spaces for Christian worship.
