As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Poll Results
When your congregation recites/prays the Lord’s Prayer, which version?
We include “for thine (yours) is the kingdom…” Votes: 5
We exclude “for thine is the kingdom…” Votes: 0
Sometimes one, sometimes another Votes: 0
We never recite the Lord’s Prayer Votes: 9
Other Votes: 0
Poll Results
Do You (if in full time ministry) or does your pastor regularly meet with other pastors/leaders for prayer and fellowship?
Yes Votes: 13
No Votes: 2
Yes, but rarely or not frequently enough Votes: 2
Used to, but not now Votes: 0
Other Votes: 1
I came across this interesting observation from George Marsden’s Understanding Fundamentalism and Evengelicalism. It speaks to ssomething I have suspected for a very long time. Marsden refers to the period from roughly 1865 - 1890 as the “gilded age” of American evangelicalism:
“Worship characterized by upbeat rock music, stand-up comedy, beautiful people taking center stage, and a certain amount of Hallmark Channel sentimentality neglects one classic form of entertainment, the one that tells us, to quote the Book of Common Prayer, that ‘in the midst of life we are in death.’” Carl Trueman: Tragic Worship
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