The Lord's Prayer

Speaker(s): John Stackhouse
Date: January 29 2013
Length: 34 min
Product ID: RGDL4301B

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In this Regent Chapel talk given during the Winter of 2013, John Stackhouse discusses Jesus' instructions in Matthew 6:1-18. Rather than prayer and piety being subsumed under "magical thinking," Jesus tells us that our Father in Heaven does not need to be persuaded or manipulated into giving or providing for His children. Rather, God hears us, He knows our needs, and He loves us like a parent—which calls us into a new relationship with Him that is marked by trusting obedience, forgiveness, and faithfulness.

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John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is the Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Faculty Development at Crandall University in New Brunswick. Prior to this, he was the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He serves as an advisory editor at Christianity Today, a contributing editor at Books & Culture, and a columnist for Faith Today. He is the author of eight books, including Need to Know: Vocation as the Heart of Christian Epistemology, Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World, and Can God be Trusted?: Faith and the Challenge of Evil, as well as the co-author, editor, and co-editor of seven more. His articles have been featured in many publications, including The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Atlantic, Time, and Reader's Digest.