Why Do We Pray: The Theology of Prayer

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Ever wonder why do we pray? Today’s conversation on Back Porch Theology is the first of a four-part series we’re really excited and passionate about called The Theology of Prayer. Alli, Dr. Howard and I have talked and dreamed and pondered and of course prayed about doing a series on prayer for years, and I think the main reason it’s taken us so long to finally record this series is because the glorious rich, nuanced, profound, practical and transformative experience of communing with our Creator Redeemer is kind of like the mouth-watering brisket they serve at Buccees. Karl Barth – one of my favorite theologians wrote this, “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” Isn’t that good? I’m not nearly as wise as those saints but in my experience of being a Christ-follower for more than half a century now, I’ve found prayer to be the very scaffolding of my security and contentment. At this point in my life, prayer is as necessary and life-giving as breathing. We’re really looking forward to the next couple of episodes and we’re so grateful to get to share them with y’all.

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0:24.2	forward slash arc. The link is also in today's show notes. Access more. Today's conversation on back porch theology is the first of a four-part series we're really excited and passionate about, called Theology of Prayer.
0:45.9	Allie, Dr. Howard, and I have talked and dreamed and pondered and, of course, prayed about doing a series on prayer for years.
0:53.4	And I think the main reason it's taken us so long to
0:56.2	finally record this series is because the glorious, rich, nuanced, profound, practical, and
1:03.9	transformative experience of communing with our Creator Redeemer, it's kind of like that mouth-watering
1:10.6	brisket, they serve at Buckees.
1:12.5	You have to cook that beef really slow or it'll be impossible to chew.
1:18.8	St. Augustine described prayer as nothing but love.
1:22.9	John Wesley likened it to a desire to know the whole will of God.
1:27.4	Madam Jeannie Guyan, poetically
1:29.4	observed that prayer is giving our most intense attention to our Savior's still small voice.
1:37.4	Dietrich Bonhofer called prayer a purifying bath in which we must enter daily.
1:46.1	And Carl Barth, another one of my favorite theologians, wrote this, to clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising
1:52.1	against the disorder of the world. Isn't that good? I'm not nearly as wise as those saints,
1:57.9	but in my experience of being a Christ follower for more than half a century
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