Comments on: Rewriting the Lord's Prayer? http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/ youth ministry, reimagined Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10358 Adam Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:45:14 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10358 This isn't the Lord's prayer. It has the same rhythm, that's about it... This isn’t the Lord’s prayer. It has the same rhythm, that’s about it…

]]> By: Laura http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10357 Laura Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:10:49 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10357 Given the recent news about the "Conservative Bible," rewriting the bits that have a liberal bias, I am equally critical of liberal rewrites. This is not a rewritten Lord's Prayer; this is a different prayer. It's a prayer that is not at all to my personal taste, though certainly no one is in a position to say "You may not say this prayer." Where it crosses the line for me is when it purports to be "a rendition of the Lord's Prayer" while saying almost the exact opposite of the words as recorded in the Gospels and used in tradition. Honestly, this kind of thing embarrasses me. Given the recent news about the “Conservative Bible,” rewriting the bits that have a liberal bias, I am equally critical of liberal rewrites. This is not a rewritten Lord’s Prayer; this is a different prayer. It’s a prayer that is not at all to my personal taste, though certainly no one is in a position to say “You may not say this prayer.” Where it crosses the line for me is when it purports to be “a rendition of the Lord’s Prayer” while saying almost the exact opposite of the words as recorded in the Gospels and used in tradition.

Honestly, this kind of thing embarrasses me.

]]> By: Jay Miklovic http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10356 Jay Miklovic Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:42:28 +0000 http://mattcleaver.com/2009/10/08/rewriting-the-lords-prayer/#comment-10356 This seems to be more a mockery of the Lord's prayer than a rendition. There seems to be a lot of digging within oneself to find God in this 'prayer'. The 'model' prayer is a call to an external God, not an internal one. Thats my response. This seems to be more a mockery of the Lord’s prayer than a rendition.

There seems to be a lot of digging within oneself to find God in this ‘prayer’. The ‘model’ prayer is a call to an external God, not an internal one.

Thats my response.

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