A prayer for the world

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"The Lord's Prayer is for the world! Surprised? The church prays the prayer of our Lord not for itself but to fulfill the mission of God to the world. Author Georg Vicedom unfolds Christ's prayer as the shortest proclamation of the Biblical missionary message. For church members tired of mouthing the seven petitions, the author makes the Lord's Prayer a challenging statement of vision and concern for modern society. He also relates the insights of Bible scholars Ernst Lohmeyer, Joachim Jeremias, and Helmut Thielicke to world issues. The reader will never agian repeat the 'prayer of prayers' as a private 'give me' slogan. When he prays, he will participate in God's mission task force ot the world. ..."--Back