BY TOM GILSON
OCTOBER 29, 2019

Someone asked on Facebook for advice on responding to the meme you see above and below. (It didn’t have my “Wrong” commentary on it.) Answers varied. Most of them had something to do with clarifying the nature of prayer. They were good answers, but not for a meme like this.

They were good answers, that is, for someone who’s genuinely puzzling about the nature of prayer. Prayer raises genuine issues, and they’re fair questions when asked fairly. Even C. S. Lewis wrote an essay about petitionary prayer, and how hard it is to understand what God is really doing there. (It’s in Christian Reflections.) But Lewis prayed anyway, even as he struggled through that question.

Comment: the picture is of the common Hollywood portrayal of Jesus stating;
Prayer
because I
already know what you want;
I just want
to hear you beg
for it.

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