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The Assembly as the Body of Christ: A Case Against the Omission of LBW 's Offertory Prayers
Author(s) -
Oldenburg Mark W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2008.00388.x
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , spirituality , sacrifice , theology , connection (principal bundle) , history , philosophy , mathematics , medicine , law , political science , alternative medicine , pathology , politics , geometry
: This article examines the offertory prayers in ELW , comparing them to the two prayers found in LBW . The author argues that the prayers in ELW have lost the spirituality of stewardship suggested by the prayers in LBW , and no longer maintain the important connection to Pauline theology, whereby the Christian understands his/her whole life, including time, talents, and money, to be offered back to God as a living sacrifice.