AMCL 2006 - The Lord's Prayer

Bray speaks on the Lord's Prayer. He explains the context of the passage, and it's use throughout church history. Bray explores how the prayer was mis-used by the Jewish leadership. He examines what the prayer teaches us about Jesus. Bray compares our relaitonship to God to the relationship between teenagers and their parents. Bray shows that we can surmise and guess some things about God, but to know him properly God must reveal himself to us. He shows how this is applied to the Lord's prayer, especially 'hallowed be your name'. Talk is followed by questions

Bray looks at our ability to rebel against God. He explains this as the context for the Lord's prayer. Bray explores what it meant for, and how Jesus defeated Satan. Bray explores why we still need to pray for God's kingdom to come even though we are already in a relationship with him. Bray examines what happened when Jesus submitted his will to the will of the Father. He shows that it is only God who can change our wills, and that we must surrender our will to the will of God. Bray gives some examples from human history. Bray explains that Jesus' mission is different to our mission, and thus that how we respond is different. Talk is followed by questions.

Bray speaks on the line 'Give us today our daily bread' from the Lord's Prayer. He looks at our call to be different from the world, and what this means in everyday living. Bray challenges the audience to consider that their gifts are meant to be shared, to build up the whole church. Bray speaks on the term 'present' and the idea of the present in relation to eternity. He then applies this to the present tense in the prayer. Bray looks at what it means to pray for our daily bread. He explores the biblical context of bread, looking at the Passover and how this is explained in the New Testament. Bray challenges connections between spiritual bread and communion. Talk is followed by questions.

Bray speaks on 'forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us'. He looks at the different translations of the thing we need forgiveness for. Bray looks at what the 1st century world considered evil or sinful, both for Jews as well as for Gentiles. He challenges different theologies around physical health that believers have held. Bray explores the theologies between baptism and sin. He looks at how misunderstandings of the doctrine of sin led to confession, penance, absolution, purgatory and indulgences. Bray explains Luther's teaching and how radical it was in the 16th Century. Bray shares some personal examples of how God highlights his sin. Bray explores the condition of 'as we forgive those who sin against us'. Talk is followed by questions.

Bray speaks on the experience of most people in coming to Christ, sharing his own experience on how this changed his relationship with his family. He explains that it can be harder after coming to Christ, and explores the spiritual battle and the need to continue to always be vigalant. Bray explores the way Satan works through temptation, including his use of partial truth. He examines the temptations which the church faces, especially when numbers are going down. Bray explored the relationship between sin and temptation, explaining that temptation is not sin. He expounds Jesus' temptation in the desert. Bray explains that to use the text effectively, we must have our doctrine and theology correct. To achieve this we need ongoing, faithful teaching. Bray examines what our spiritual warfare is, who is involved, and it's effectiveness. Talk is followed by questions.