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| Lord and His Prayer | 
 enlarge | Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Pages: 89
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0802843204
Dewey Decimal Number: 226.9606
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Publication Date: April 1997
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 Fresh wind August 1, 2008
Bishop Wright breathes fresh wind upon old ground that is dusty and worn. Let's face it. Praying the Lord's Prayer for most of us becomes a recitation in ritual and the perfunctory. How does one approach the most well-known prayer in the history of the Church and breathe fresh air upon it? Allow the Reverend Doctor Wright to do just that. I was amazed how much I did not understand this gift of prayer to the Church. You will too. Read this book, then use it to meditate upon as you rediscover the Lord's Prayer all over again. Thank you Dr. Wright!
The Lord & His Prayer December 21, 2007
An excellent contribution to anyone's prayer life. Simple, easy to understand and appreciate the full impact that this prayer should have in righting a world gone wrong.
 The Lord's Prayer Live Out December 21, 2007
This small book is unique in that it seeks to look at what not only what Jesus said but what Jesus meant by the Lord's prayer. Wright seeks to create for the reader the Jewish mindset on Jesus' day and how this prayer would be understood by them. Another major theme of this book is that the Lord's Prayer is not merely a prayer to be prayed, but an outline of how a disciple of Christ is to live out a life in obedience. How does the Lord's Prayer teach us to imitate Christ? Wright answers this by considering the major themes of the Lord's Prayer: the sovereignty of God, the Lord's provision; the importance of mercy; and the problem of evil; and finally, the glory of God. Each of these vital topics is then looked at by briefly exploring how Christ expressed each of them in His own life.
This is truly a book to meditate and ponder upon, especially in how we should live out the words of this ancient prayer. I agree with much of Wright's views on this matter, as Christians need to be more concerned about helping the poor, the distraught, and those who suffer. This book reminds us that we need to be not only praying for such a fulfillment of God's will on earth, but that we are also the very instruments that God will use to build the Kingdom itself.
 Sermons for Advent December 13, 2007
I used this as the basis for a series of Bible studies during Advent, which is where it has its origin: as an Advent sermon series. I liked that focus.
The best Biblical connections he makes are the way in which the Fatherhood of God comes in the OT context of 1) the release of Israel from Egypt (let my son go) 2) the promise to David that God would be the Father of his offspring. Both of these promises make the fatherhood of God intimately tied to the coming of the Kingdom.
Later chapters make less explicit biblical and exegetical connections, at least in terms of utility for looking at bible study texts.
Examining the parts of the prayer that Jesus isn't himself praying was intriguing too. Jesus must be tested and isn't delivered from evil. (Except after death)
 Trite Waste of Money December 10, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Even if your are not Catholic, read Pope Benedict XVI instead, especially the "What it Means to Be a Christian." Avoid Scott Hahn's over-rated drivel at all costs. Anyway, this book does the Lord's Prayer a gross injustice. You must be an insightful person to be drawn this subject. Thus, I must warn you that N.T. Wright's books are obstacles. I read all the great reviews here, and was mislead into buying this book. Upon reading it, I lost count of the number of times Wright described this prayer in the twee term as having "cheek." Please don't waste your money, like I did. Here's a sample of Wright's bilious pomposity (he is too well fed at the trough of gluttony, pride, and narcism to comprehend that the following is extremely condescending (not the humble asking for the bread of life and understanding that Jesus would have us profess), "After all, we ourselves are only at Jesus' table because he made a habit of celebrating parties with all the wrong people. Isn't it about time we started to copy him?" (pg 48). Thanks a lot for the limp handshake, Bishop Wright. Another watercress sandwich, anyone? Reader beware, the books by Willimon and Hauerwas are as misled as Wright's; they all give each other great reviews and supportive blurbs on the back of one another's books.
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