Questions We've Pondered

By Bill Warren, Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Professor of New Testament and Greek

Question: Is it okay for Baptists to pray the Lord’s Prayer, and if so, why don’t we use it more often in our churches?

Bill Warren NOBTS Professor of New Testament and GreekBill Warren responds: To begin with a generalization, praying what Jesus taught us is always okay.  Christians have treasured this prayer throughout the ages and used it in worship as well as personal devotional lives.