Reformation artist Albrecht Dürer probably sketched his own hands for this famous drawing in black ink on blue paper he made himself. The sketch was one of 18 sketches completed as preparations for painting an altarpiece ordered by Jakob Heller, which was to include a depiction of an apostle praying. The completed altarpiece was destroyed by fire hundreds of years later, though a copy of the altarpiece painted beforehand still exists today. (The image above is from Wikipedia.)
Why pray? What to pray? How to pray? We answered those and countless other questions about prayer in this Midweek Bible Study begun on the Wednesday of Pentecost XVI in 2012 and finished on the Wednesday of Pentecost IX in 2013. The class largely follows the November 2011 report from the LCMS Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) titled Theology and Practice of Prayer: A Lutheran View, which, by following this link, you can either download as a PDF or order from Concordia Publishing House. The Synod’s President, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, has commended the report to us for study and consideration with his prayer that God will use it to lead us to remember and rejoice in the gift of prayer to our Father in heaven. We pray likewise for you, as you follow along with us Wednesday evenings onsite or anytime online, via the link to the document above and the class audio posted below.
Week 28 – July 24, 2013
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Week 27 – July 17, 2013
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Week 26 – July 10, 2013
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Week 25 – July 03, 2013
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Week 24 – June 19, 2013
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Week 23 – June 12, 2013
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Week 22 – June 05, 2013
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Week 21 – May 29, 2013
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Week 20 – May 22, 2013
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Week 19 – May 15, 2013
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Week 18 – May 08, 2013
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Week 17 – May 01, 2013
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Week 16 – April 24, 2013
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Week 15 – April 17, 2013
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Week 14 – April 10, 2013
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Week 13 – April 03, 2013
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Week 12 – February 06, 2013
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Week 11 – January 30, 2013
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Week 10 – January 23, 2013
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Week 9 – January 16, 2013
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Week 8 – November 28, 2012
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Week 7 – November 14, 2012
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Week 6 – November 07, 2012
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Week 5 – October 24, 2012
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Week 4 – October 10, 2012
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Week 3 – October 03, 2012
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Week 2 – September 26, 2012
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Week 1 – September 19, 2012
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(Includes some discussion about a manuscript fragment that reportedly suggests Jesus was married)
