12∞ · Question 2.4.2
Why did Jesus tell people to pray in secret?
To free prayer from performance. He had watched people pray on street corners to be admired, and he said they already had their reward.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 2: Jesus Beyond the Religious Construct
- Gate
- 2.4: Prayer, Faith, and the Inner Life
- In print
- Page 58
- ← 2.4.1 · What is the Lord’s Prayer really teaching?
- 2.4.3 → · Does fasting still have a place?
- All of Part 2
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