Summary

In this workshop we will examine the meaning of each petition in the Lord's Prayer in its original setting and what it means for us to repeat these petitions today

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Jesus intended the prayer that he taught his disciples, which we call “the Lord’s Prayer,” to be a model prayer for their own devotion . In this workshop we will examine the meaning of each petition in its original setting and what it means for us to repeat these petitions today.

Presented by David Crump at the 2013 Calvin Symposium on 91.

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