There
are many ways, and it is best if we
are familiar with more than one; and
better still if we practice these
ways in community so that we gain
from the insights, wisdom and
guidance of others ? including past
generations ? as they seek to know
and understand God."
Matthew
6:1-21
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
- The Qaddish, and comparative texts about Pharisees & Sadducees from Josephus, Tosefta, Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud. At (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- "Forgiveness for Forgiveness," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
- Commandment X.2, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150)
- IX, 22-29, 32-41, 44-46; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- IV.XVI.1, IV.XXX.3, V.XVII.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter II, Ad Martyras, Tertullian (c.197)
- Chapters I - IX, Chapter X, Chapter XVII, Chapter XVIII, Chapter XXIV, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- Chapter X, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.8, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.6, II.18, III.6, III.12, IV.6, IV.8, IV.22, VII.12, VII.13, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- "Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?" (sermon on Mark 10:17-31), Clement of Alexandria (c. 200)
- Chapter XIII, On The Veiling of Virgins, Tertullian (c. 205)
- II.5, To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206)
- Exegetical Fragments, Hippolytus of Rome (c 210).
- Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 2) Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter XXIII, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- II.IV.1, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- X.14, XI.15, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Lord's Prayer -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Concerning Works and Almsgiving -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
-
Homily XIX on the Lord's Prayer, St John Chrysostom (c 400)
- "HE roots out in what remains the most tyrannical passion of all, the rage and madness with respect to vainglory, which springs up in them that do right. For at first He had not at all discoursed about it; it being indeed superfluous, before He had persuaded them to do any of the things which they ought, to teach in which way they should practise and pursue them."
-
"Our Lord's
Sermon on the Mount," Part 1, Book 2,
Augustine
(354-430).
- "A third opinion is wont to be held by carnal people, so absurd and ridiculous, that I would not mention it had I not found that not a few are entangled in that error, who say that by the expression left hand a wife is meant; so that, inasmuch as in family affairs women are wont to be more tenacious of money, it is to be kept hid from them when their husbands compassionately spend anything upon the needy, for fear of domestic quarrels."
- Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St.
Chrysostom (c. 380)
- Homily XIX - Matthew 6:1
- Homily XX - Matthew 6:16
- Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis of Assisi, (English translation). (c. 1200)
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas, c. 1263.
- Chapter 1, On Cleaving to God, Albertus Magnus, c. 1275.
- Commentary
on the Petitions in the Lord's Prayer, from Martin Luther's Large Catechism.
- "For though we have received of God all good things in abundance we are not able to retain any of them or use them in security and happiness, if He did not give us a permanent and peaceful government. For where there are dissension, strife, and war, there the daily bread is already taken away, or at least checked."
- On Prayer: The Lord's Prayer, from Luther's "Large Catechism."
- "The Lord's Prayer," from Luther's "Small Catechism."
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He rebukes two revolting faults in prayer, ambition, and vain babbling."
- The
Lord's Prayer, from Practical Divinity, by Thomas Watson. (1692)
- "If God be our Father, we may go with cheerfulness to the throne of grace. Were a man to petition his enemy, there were little hope; but when a child petitions his father, he may hope with confidence to succeed."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "What we do, must be done from an inward principle, that we may be approved of God, not that we may be praised of men."
- Christ the Support of
the Tempted (Matt 6:13): sermon by George Whitefield.
- "The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "In the foregoing chapter our Lord particularly described the nature of inward holiness. In this he describes that purity of intention without which none of our outward actions are holy. This chapter contains four parts, The right intention and manner of giving alms, ver.1 - 4. The right intention, manner, form, and prerequisites of prayer, ver.5 - 15. The right intention, and manner of fasting, ver.16 - 18. The necessity of a pure intention in all things, unmixed either with the desire of riches, or worldly care, and fear of want, ver.19 - 34."
- The Sermon on the Mount: Sermon 6 (Matt
6:1-16), Sermon
7 (Matt 6:17-18), Sermon 8
(Matt
6:19-23). Sermons by John Wesley.
- "The thing which is here forbidden, is not barely the doing good in the sight of men; this circumstance alone, that others see what we do, makes the action neither worse nor better; but the doing it before men, "to be seen of them," with this view from this intention only."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Take heed that ye do not your alms--But the true reading seems clearly to be "your righteousness." The external authority for both readings is pretty nearly equal; but internal evidence is decidedly in favor of "righteousness." The subject of the second verse being "almsgiving" that word--so like the other in Greek--might easily be substituted for it by the copyist: whereas the opposite would not be so likely. But it is still more in favor of "righteousness," that if we so read the first verse, it then becomes a general heading for this whole section of the discourse, inculcating unostentatiousness in all deeds of righteousness--Almsgiving, Prayer, and Fasting being, in that case, but selected examples of this righteousness."
- "A
Heavenly Pattern for our Earthly Life; Matthew 6:10," Charles H.
Spurgeon, 1884.
- "If the prayer of our text had not been dictated by the Lord Jesus himself, we might think it too bold. Can it ever be that this earth, a mere drop of a bucket, should touch the great sea of life and light above and not be lost in it? Can it remain earth and yet be made like to heaven?"
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "The Savior condemns ostentatious piety, and then he singles out three illustrations of his meaning. The Christian is not forbidden to practice righteousness before men, but to make it his object to be seen."
- The
Lord's Prayer, from Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, Ellen G.
White, 1896.
- "Christ holds it for you, safe beyond the spoiler's reach. Like the child, you shall receive day by day what is required for the day's need."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 (Ash Wednesday), Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Luke 4:1-13, David Ewart, 2010.
- "How do we come to know and
understand God?
- "How do we come to know and
understand God?
- "Almsgiving, Prayer and Fasting," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
-
"Preaching on the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:1-8)," Irving J. Arnquist and
Louis R. Flessner,
Word & World: Theology for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern
Theological School, 1990.
- "In Jesus' prayer we are connected and bonded with each other. We find our health, our integrity, and our righteousness; that is true piety."
-
"Focus of the Heart," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic
Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family
Activity, Support Materials.
- "What place does Lent have in today's society?"
-
"Almsgiving, Prayer and Fasting,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes.
- "The outward forms of prayer and fasting are signs of an inward cry which can be enacted in the heart itself without the symbol. In the end, the action of the heart is what is important."
-
"When
You Give to the Poor," Jerry Goebel,
One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "This type of 'personal salvation' without 'communal restoration' is at the heart of meo-theism, which is the greatest deception of our cultural Christianity. We don?t hear Jesus say; 'I have come to be good news to the poor, but that?s not important to you,' or, 'Whatsoever you do to the least of these you do unto me, but you needn?t worry about that if you go to church.'"
-
"Holiness: Simplicity," commentary by David F. Wells, The Christian
Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
- "A person who lacks faith settles for the majority verdict -- the good esteem of the crowd -- while the disciple who has faith knows there is only one verdict that matters: the judgment of God."
-
"Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord's Prayer," N.T. Wright, The
Christian Century, 1997.
- "What are we praying for when we pray for God's kingdom to come?"
-
"The
Call to Secret Service (Matthew 6:1-18)," John C. Purdy.
Chapter 4 in Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living.
At Religion Online.
- "That piety should be a private matter is a radical not to say revolutionary idea. It goes totally against the cultural grain. For traditional piety is something performed for others to see. In Roman culture, pietas referred to the public veneration of the gods. Without such a display from prominent citizens, what would happen to the traditional values that were associated with the gods? Pietas was the cultural glue, holding all things in place. How could there be law and order without it?"
-
"God
Cares about Money (Matt 5:1-2; 6:19-21, 24-33)," John C. Purdy.
Chapter 6 of God With a Human Face (1993), republished at Religion
Online.
- "If our trust is expressed as obedience, then we will not worry unduly about food, shelter, and clothing. If we take care of the things God cares about, God will take care of the money. God really does care for money - in the most practical, matter-of-fact sense."
- "The
Issue of Forgiveness in the Sermon on the Mount," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "It appears that what Jesus is really saying is that God, with a view toward loving the unforgiving child, refuses to forgive him in an attempt to get the child to come face to face with His sin of an unforgiving heart. The person who is unwilling to forgive will soon meet his Equal. The goal of this is to re-establish the broken relationships between God and the people involved."
- "An
Exposition of Matthew 6:1-8," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "...we need to keep in mind that Jesus says that God does listen and our Father loves to reward us by answering our prayers, prayers that we can make with the utmost confidence that He is indeed listening."
- "The
Fatal Failures of Religion: #3 Externalism," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "May God enable us to become so overwhelmed with being His sons that we have no care about what others think of our spirituality (by human standards)."
- "Matthew
6: The Practice of Righteousness," by Hampton Keathley IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Faithfulness is difficult, but the promise of reward is a proper form of motivation."
- "A
Prayer for All People," Michael Joseph Brown. Living the
Word in Sojourners Online, July/August 2000.
- "The theology of the Lord?s Prayer teaches us that we have an obligation to work together with God to abolish evil and meet basic human needs. In this activity we bring about God?s kingdom through our voluntary submission to God will. In essence, it is a program for action based upon a social understanding of all existence."
- The Our Father/Lord's Prayer in 31 languages plus 290 other languages/dialects.
- Kingdom Priorities-Verse
Commentary on Matthew 6:19-34, Jirair Tashjian, Christian Resource Institute.
- "In Greek the verb and the noun have the same root and can be literally translated, "Do not treasure up treasures." A treasure is not only the stored object but also the place of safe keeping. Where a treasure is stored is just as critical as the stored object itself."
- "Pray This Way: A Study of the Lord's Prayer," by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffmann. Includes links to study and worship materials on the Lord's Prayer.
- The Prayer Jesus Taught Us
by Victor Hoagland, C.P., The Passionist Missionaries page.
- "When Moses approached God on Mount Sinai, he heard a voice saying, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." An infinite chasm separates us from the transcendent God. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus invites us to draw near to God who is beyond human understanding, who dwells in mystery, who is all holy. We can call God "our Father"."
- Articles & Background:
- "Sermon on the Mount," wikipedia.
-
"Our
Struggle with Mammon," Max Stackhouse, Theolog, 2009.
- "The Bible warns against both too much poverty and too much wealth. The poor are often forced to worry about their survival to the point of desperation and despair, while the rich are often tempted to structure society to benefit only themselves."
- "And Lead
Us Not into Temptation," Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Biblica Vol. 84(2003)
259-278.
- "The sixth petition of the "Our Father" has been translated in various ways across the centuries. This article discusses its literal meaning and the permissive paraphrases of it, explaining the sense of "temptation" and God?s activity in "leading" into it, as well as the various subterfuges adopted to avoid the obvious meaning of the Greek formulation, including its supposed Aramaic substratum."
- "Sermon on the Mount," multiple articles and resources, Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2008.
-
"Matthew 6:9-13//Luke 11:2-4: An Eschatological Prayer?" Jeffrey B.
Gibson, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2001.
- "This article argues that in the eyes of Matthew and Luke the so-called Lord's Prayer reflects a perception of Jesus that his disciples are in grave danger of becoming members of "this generation," that is, those among Jesus' co-religionists who reject what Jesus shows is God's will for Israel. Its focus and concern is that the disciples invoke God's protection against engaging in this apostasy."
-
"Echoes of Wisdom in the Lord's Prayer," Rick W Byargeon,
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
- "This paper has sought to demonstrate the possibility that the Lord's prayer contains significant allusions to Prov 30:7-9."
- "On Wealth and Worry: Matthew 6:19-34 -- Meaning and Significance," Craig L. Blomberg, Criswell Theological Review, 1992.
-
"Learning
to Pray," an interview with Roberta C. Biondi. By John C. Purdy at Religion OnLine.
- "For students who are afraid of God, who have emphasized God's righteousness and their sinfulness, God's bigness and their wormlikeness, I suggest that they find something that doesn't occupy their minds but is pleasant to do, like handiwork, or doing a crossword puzzle, or even reading a detective novel, and to just sit in God's presence. That is a way to begin to learn that God is trustworthy and that God isn't that person they're afraid of, but somebody else."
-
"Exploring
a Life of Prayer," Jane E. Vennard, Iliff School of Theology. At Religion OnLine.
- "Although these holy people have much to teach us about prayer, I believe a life of prayer is available to all of us -- young and old; alone and in the midst of family; working, retired, and unemployed. God calls all of us into relationship."
- "Praying," Kenneth
W. Collins. At Ken Collins' Web Site.
- "The most important thing to remember about prayer and all other forms of worship is the hardest part: talk to God, not about Him."
- The Lords Prayer in English. ( Trace the Lords Prayer through Old English, Middle English, Modern English - from various manuscripts and prayer books)
- The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. ("The Language that Jesus Spoke.")
- The Lords Prayer by Jack Kilmon. Extended treatment of Aramaic/language and textual issues.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Arnquist, Irving J., and Louis R.
Flessner,
"Preaching on the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:1-8)," Word & World,
1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bandstra, Andrew J.,
"The Original Form of the Lord's Prayer," Calvin Theological Journal,
1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Berghuis, Kent D.,
"A Biblical Perspective on Fasting," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Binau, Brad A., "'Holding On' and
'Letting Go': the Dynamics of Forgiveness," Word & World, 2007.
(See Word & World 27.1
Forgiveness)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Blomberg, Craig L., "On Wealth and Worry: Matthew
6:19-34 -- Meaning and Significance," Criswell Theological Review,
1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brown, Ramond E., S.S.,
"The Pater Noster as an Eschatological Prayer," Theological Studies,
1961.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brueggemann, Walter,
"The Secret of Survival," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - van Bruggen, Jacob, "The Lord's Prayer and Textual
Criticism," Calvin Theological Journal, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Buchanan, Mark,
"Go Fast and Live: Hunger as Spiritual Discipline," The Christian
Century, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burghardt, Walter J., SJ, "Without Contemplation, the
People Perish," The Living Pulpit, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Byargeon, Rick W.,
"Echoes of Wisdom in the Lord's Prayer," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carter, Warren,
"Recalling the Lord's Prayer: The Authorial Audience and Matthew's Prayer as
Familiar Liturgical Experience," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Charry, Ellen T.,
"The Grace of God and the Law of Christ," Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Corrington, Gail Paterson,
"The Defense of the Body and the Discourse of Appetite: Continence and
Control in the Greco-Roman World," Semeia, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dugan, Kathleen M.,
"Fasting for Life: The Place of Fasting in the Christian Tradition,"
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Frykholm, Amy Johnson,
"Soul Food: Why Fasting Makes Sense," The Christian Century,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Garland, David E.,
"The Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Matthew," Review & Expositor,
1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hultgren, Arland J.,
"Forgive Us, As We Forgive," Word & World, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jacobson, Karl N., "A Word in Season: Preaching the
Lord's Prayer," Word & World, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, Julie A.,
"An Invitation: The Pathway to Humility," Journal for Preachers,
2006. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, Susan B.W.,
"Remorse and Hope," The Christian Century, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kasdorf, Julia Spicher, "To Pasture, 'Amish
Forgiveness,' Silence and the West Nickel Mines School Shooting,"
Cross Currents, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Keller, Jack A., "On Providence and Prayer," The
Christian Century, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lachs, Samuel Tobias,
"On Matthew 6:12," Novum Testamentum, 1975.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lawrence, Louise Joy,
"'For Truly, I Tell You, They Have Received Their Reward' (Matt 6:2):
Investigating Honor Precedence and Honor Virtue," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Levine, Etan,
"The Theology of Fast Day Cosmetics (Matthew 6:16-18)," Journal of
Ritual Studies, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Metzger, Paul Louis, "Christ,
Culture, and the Sermon on the Mount Community," Ex Auditu, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials- Pak, G. Sujin, "Response to Metzger," Ex
Auditu, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Pak, G. Sujin, "Response to Metzger," Ex
Auditu, 2008.
- Mitchell, Curtis, C.,
"The Practice of Fasting in the New Testament," Bibliotheca Sacra,
1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Roth, S. John,
"Jesus the Pray-er," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sheeley, Steven, "The Exercise of
Jesus' Royal Power: Lent through Trinity Sunday," Review & Expositor,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stassen, Glen H.,
"The Fourteen Triads of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21-7:12),"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stortz, Martha E., "The Practice of
Forgiveness: Disciples as Forgiven Forgivers," Word & World,
2007. (See Word & World 27.1
Forgiveness)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Elderen, Bastiaan,
"When Do We Forgive?" Calvin Theological Journal, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wells, Samuel,
"Holiness: Simplicity," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wright, N.T.,
"Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord's Prayer," The Christian Century,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Arnquist, Irving J., and Louis R.
Flessner,
"Preaching on the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:1-8)," Word & World,
1990.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "Forgiveness from the Heart," Phyllis Tickle, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2009.
- "A Look at Our Piety," Walter Harms, Ash Wednesday, 2007, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- Sermon for Ash Wednesday - 9 February 2005, Luke Bourman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Don't Show Off Your Faith," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Sermons From Seattle.
- "Contemplation in the Midst of Chaos," Sr. Joan Chittister, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2002.
- "Magic Eyes," the Rev. Dr. William L. Self, Day 1, 2004.
- "It's What's Inside that Counts," John Jewell, 1999.
- "Say Amen!" the Rev. Otis Moss, III, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2003.
- "Tugging at God's Heart," the Rev. Dr. Victor D. Pentz, Day 1, 2002.
- With Children:
- "Sermon on the Mount," "The Lord's Prayer," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "AMEN," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
- "Lord's Prayer," "God's ATM," "Treasure in Heaven," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Isaiah's Family Prepares for Spring," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
- "Lord, Teach Us How to Pray," "We Keep Our Treasures Safe in Heaven," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- "Prayer and Giving," a dramatic reading of Matthew 6:1-18, Story-Lectionary.com.
- "X Marks the Spot," Nina Wallestad, Dramatic License. Conditions of Use.
- "The Lord's Prayer," Andy Lund, dramatix.
- "My Prayers Are Not Working," Edgar Mayer, dramatix.
- "Prayer Clinic," Andy Lund, dramatix.
- "Prayer Sketches," Trevor Fletcher, dramatix.
- "Waiting for Rescue," Fred Lane, dramatix.
- "The Prayer Restaurant," Cliff Hunse, dramatix.
- "I Need to Hear from You," Peter France, dramatix.
- "I Know," Ryne Mimbs, dramatix.
- "Forgiveness," Janelle S. Ponte, dramatix.
- "Phar-A-Non," Glenn A. Hascall, dramatix.
- "Forgiveness - Dwarf Style," Dean Herring, dramatix.
- "Is That Your Final Answer," Denise Peteron, dramatix.
- "Choosing a Future," Greg Brook, dramatix.
- "The Richest Man in the Kingdom," John Fewings, dramatix.
- "X Marks the Spot," John Fewings, dramatix.
- "Bills, Bills, Bills," Joanne Miller, dramatix.
- "The Desperate Money Scam," Murray Shadbolt, dramatix.
- "In the City of King David," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- "The Lord's Prayer," "The World," Matthew Pole, Christian Drama and Mime.
- Worship Resources:
- "The Lord's Prayer and Creation Care: A Litany of Confession," Bruce and Carolyn Winfrey, Limestone Presbyterian Church.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Hymns and Music:
- Don't Show Off Your Giving Text: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, Tune: ASH GROVE 6.6.11.6.6.11 D (“Let All Things Now Living”) This hymn is a paraphrase of chapter 6 in Matthew and part of "The Sermon on the Mount: A Worship Service of Lessons and Songs."
- When You Are Praying (Jesus Teaching on Prayer), Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, NEW BRITAIN (CM 8.6.8.6) (Amazing Grace) or CRIMOND (CM 8.6.8.6) (The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want) with links to helpful books on the Lord?s Prayer.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 6:6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 19, 20. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymn selections (United Methodist) and more from Hymnsite.com.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "Take Up Your Cross," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- "What Has Our God Required of Us?" TEXT: Mark Ryman (2005) based on Matthew 6:1-6; 16-21. TUNE: "Lasst Uns Erfreuen." New Hymns for the Lectionary.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew
