My last semester in seminary, I took a prayer course from the most brilliant man I've ever known, Dr. Stuart Currie, Professor of New Testament. He had just presented his understanding of The Lord's Prayer when he then died on the handball court of a heart attack.
It was a terrible loss. Everyone depended on him and admired him. And what to do about TLP?
Had he lived, I would have been in his office asking questions, for his exposition of TLP was different from any other I had read. It was profound, made sense whereas so many others didn’t, and I wanted to know more.
For years I waited for one of his colleagues to write an article or a book using Dr. Currie's approach. Nothing ever came about. So I started puttering around with it myself. I used bits and pieces in sermons and Sunday school classes. But what I wanted to do was put it in a book and get "out there" so Currie's opinion could be heard.
It is almost impossible to get a book published nowadays for the religious market unless the writer is a known quantity. It’s the same with religious books as it is with others, witness the closing of Borders. But then I realized that an e-book might be possible. It was. I was limited to 60,000 characters (including spaces) but I did the best I could, and Chalice Press agreed to publish Praying The Lord's Prayer recently.
Below is the link.
http://www.chalicepress.com/Praying-The-Lords-Prayer-in-Private-EPDF-P1010.aspx
Thus my felt obligation to Dr. Currie is largely discharged. I’m not much of an e-book reader, but this one can be read on one’s computer. To get a copy I followed their instructions and downloaded Adobe Digital Reader, which made it an icon on my screen saver.
I’d appreciate any mention you could give it to friends and family, especially young adults who are more computer adept than many of my generation. The book was difficult to write, but it has some insights about TLP that can’t be found elsewhere. DJ
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