Synopsis
In Luke 11:1, a disciple says to Jesus, “Teach us to pray.” Jesus’s response, usually called the Lord’s Prayer, is perhaps Christianity’s most frequently repeated set of words. But rather than teaching the disciples what they should pray, Jesus provided a guide to how they should pray. This pamphlet examines Jesus’s words, petition by petition, and invites readers to do the same. It encourages readers to enter the world of a first-century listener and allow Jesus’s response to teach them to pray in words that are true to the original meaning and true to each supplicant’s heart.
Pendle Hill Pamphlet #491
