The Parable of the Contemptible Friend and the Corrupt Judge, Part Two.

Sources:

Brad Young, Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation

Amy-Jill Levine, The Short Stories of Jesus

Luke 18:1-8

Luke 11

1:00 Review of last week; this week commentary of authentic faith and prayer

5:35 The light and the waiting

8:00 Observation One: Prayer is inevitable and universal but must not be viewed homogeneously.

11:45 Discussion question - Is all prayer equally effective?

13:10 Matthew 4:1

19:13 Observation Two: Faith and prayer must be understood as two parts of the same whole

21:50 Objections to this observation

29:05 Observation Three: Don’t reject persistence in prayer because you have adopted its caricature as the authentic article

39:38 What constitutes a successful prayer?

43:00 Observation Four: You must embrace your experience of the divine

48:55 Hebrews 11:39