tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post111995861282211055..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Praying the New TestamentMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1120002090373447702005-06-28T18:41:00.000-05:002005-06-28T18:41:00.000-05:00Great blogm I enjoyed reading it :)Great blogm I enjoyed reading it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1119996454124432842005-06-28T17:07:00.000-05:002005-06-28T17:07:00.000-05:00Of course, if you'd been praying Jabez instead of ...Of course, if you'd been praying Jabez instead of that Rev 1:5 stuff, maybe you'd be making twice as much by now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1119990059018055912005-06-28T15:20:00.000-05:002005-06-28T15:20:00.000-05:00Mike,You've really hit the nail on the head. Too o...Mike,<BR/><BR/>You've really hit the nail on the head. Too often we pray about what we think we need, rather than what really matters--and scripture helps us to know what really matters. And, I do like the Rev 1.5 colophon.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045850484694609639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1119960720614361842005-06-28T07:12:00.000-05:002005-06-28T07:12:00.000-05:00Great thoughts, Mike. The changes in our prayers ...Great thoughts, Mike. The changes in our prayers (language and emotion/affection) should be one of the biggest assets we derive from the study of Scripture. Granted more knowledge doesn't guarantee we won't be praying to the god of the philosophers, but I believe it can lead to the worship of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to a more passionate pursuit of the kingdom of that God in prayer and action.<BR/><BR/>My cousin-in-law, Robby Holt, is doing a PhD on Paul's Prayers in the Prison Epistles with Craig Bartholomew (Thiselton is his second). His methodological emphasis is on Scripture as 'dramatic model'--that is, Paul is praying this prayer "out loud" for a reason--to encourage his people to pray it after him, and to encourage them to LIVE INTO this prayer, to actualize their roles in God's Drama based on what Paul says about their "part" in this prayer.J. B. Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074055343675084879noreply@blogger.com