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August 19, 2011
Praying For The Weekend: Tim Keller
Prayer, like so many doctrines of Christianity, is a paradox.
As the summer comes to an end and a new ministry season launches in many congregation, I thought we should start a new segment on Out of Ur. So every Friday we will have a post about prayer called "Praying for the Weekend." What exactly is prayer? How should we think about it theologically? And how do we reconcile prayer with the sovereignty of God?
We begin with a bit of audio by Tim Keller as he reflect on the paradox of prayer. Enjoy, and have a great weekend.
Comments
God's will. Be done.
The Big Picture is what we don't see.
We want the answers to the Big Questions and pout if we aren't told.
As if we could understand.
The necessity and final inevitability of humility is what Saint Augustine understood on the beach, when the little boy said he was going to fill the hole he dug with the ocean.
God lives outside of time and knows all.
We don't.
That's the way I see it.
My faith is weak, but it's all about faith isn't it?
I do not understand God's reasoning or thoughts.
I gave up trying to understand the Big Questions.
But I affirm God's existence and His love.
Thank you.
I enjoyed the lesson.
Posted By: steven W. | August 20, 2011 9:06 PM
C.S. Lewis suggested that, “Every war, every famine or plague, almost every deathbed — is the monument to a petition that was not granted.” Even Jesus shared in the agony of unanswered prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. The fact is that God in his wisdom does not always choose to answer as we desire.
See: Some Pray and Die, http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/some-pray-and-die/
Posted By: Steve Cornell | August 22, 2011 11:28 AM
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