The Assembly as the Body of Christ: A Case Against the Omission of Lbw's Offertory Prayers

This article examines the offertory prayers in ELW, comparing them to the two prayers found in LBW. The author argues that the prayers in ELW have lost the spirituality of stewardship suggested by the prayers in LBW, and no longer maintain the important connection to Pauline theology, whereby the Ch...

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Main Author: Oldenburg, Mark W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2008
In: Dialog
Year: 2008, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-196
Further subjects:B ELW
B offertory prayers
B Stewardship
B Sacrifice
B Paul
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Summary:This article examines the offertory prayers in ELW, comparing them to the two prayers found in LBW. The author argues that the prayers in ELW have lost the spirituality of stewardship suggested by the prayers in LBW, and no longer maintain the important connection to Pauline theology, whereby the Christian understands his/her whole life, including time, talents, and money, to be offered back to God as a living sacrifice.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2008.00388.x