Comments on: From the Archives: Vain Repetitions and British Heathens http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ray http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1258 Ray Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:09:42 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1258 "with this difference, that we do not repeat them so many times over as they did" - That is hilarious, given what follows. I had the same echo thought as Ardis, but I have attended an evangelical youth ministry rally in the Deep South that could have been this meeting based on the prayer. If you change the "dashes" to "ellipses" ... the body of the prayer was extraneous to the fervor of the repetitions. It really was striking (along with a request **during the prayer** to promise the person praying [by name] that the listeners would commit to follow Jesus. That jolted me out of my own reflection and meditation.) “with this difference, that we do not repeat them so many times over as they did” - That is hilarious, given what follows.

I had the same echo thought as Ardis, but I have attended an evangelical youth ministry rally in the Deep South that could have been this meeting based on the prayer. If you change the “dashes” to “ellipses” … the body of the prayer was extraneous to the fervor of the repetitions. It really was striking (along with a request **during the prayer** to promise the person praying [by name] that the listeners would commit to follow Jesus. That jolted me out of my own reflection and meditation.)

]]> By: Ardis Parshall http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1235 Ardis Parshall Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:59:30 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1235 By any chance, was he visiting a cavernous, empty church with an active echo? By any chance, was he visiting a cavernous, empty church with an active echo?

]]> By: Jacob M http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1234 Jacob M Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:41:24 +0000 http://www.juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-archives-vain-repetitions-and-british-heathens/#comment-1234 I am finding interesting that he is equating the God of Christianity with the god Baal. Maybe you shouldn't have posted this in these political times! (Note: said with tongue firmly in cheek) And yes, it is interesting that he decided to ridicule the practice of their faith as a way of showing how "better" we are. I'm also left wondering what he would think of nourishing and strengthening our bodies. I am finding interesting that he is equating the God of Christianity with the god Baal. Maybe you shouldn’t have posted this in these political times! (Note: said with tongue firmly in cheek) And yes, it is interesting that he decided to ridicule the practice of their faith as a way of showing how “better” we are. I’m also left wondering what he would think of nourishing and strengthening our bodies.

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