Episode 84: The Lord's Prayer, Part 7--Delivered from Evil, Sent into Trouble

In this concluding episode of their conversation on the Lord's Prayer, pastors Erica and Steve look at the concluding phrases, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (or the evil one)," and what this means for people who follow Jesus.  While it can be tempting (no pun intended) to think Jesus is offering us the right religous formula for how to have a life free from "bad things" happening, that doesn't seem to be what Jesus really has in mind.  In fact, if anything, Jesus insists throughout his teaching and life that living his way of life will send us all the more into the path of suffering with others, for others, and alongside others!  And yet, we pray that we would not get drawn into the ways of evil ourselves--that in face of hatred, greed, and abuse of others, we would not become complicit in the ways of evil, too, but would be different in the midst of it.  Join us for this concluding conversation, as together we look at what Jesus' prayer means in our lives.