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A version of
the Lord's Prayer
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I recently received a birthday present of a heavy book, 'The Lion Literature Collection'. It was published in 2003 and I had not seen it before. (There must be millions of books I have never seen, but if I had been keeping up to date with Christian books there was a fair probability I might have seen it.) It is a collection of short prose extracts, selected by Mary Batchelor. They are quite a mixture - some by famous authors, some very serious, some quite funny, all are thought provoking. The mixture is 'human and divine', with some quotations from writers of various backgrounds, and many by writers who are definitely believers. Passages of scripture are included at frequent intervals. In particular I appreciated a version of the Lord's Prayer that was included. In checking which translation it was from, I discovered that this book included passages taken from seven different English versions! This particular passage is from the Contemporary English Version (American Bible Society 1995). Do you like it? Our Father in heaven, |
