Non-Christian Prayer?

Mark D Roberts has a series of posts where he meditates on the National Prayer Breakfast. It may not sound exciting, but he gives a fresh perspective to how we should view prayer. I would recommend taking some time to read these brief posts and begin thinking how Christians can engage people where they are at without compromising belief in Jesus. Excerpts: Part of what would make interfaith prayer not okay is if we were asked to check our faith in Christ at the door of the prayer gathering. This would be unacceptable to me. Yet I would argue that if Christians don't contradict core Christian theology in what they say in interfaith prayer meetings, then praying with non-Christian folk can be a good thing. In fact, it might build important bridges between Christians and people from other religions... [In reference to Acts 17], Praying with non-Christian folk, it seems to me, can be rather like this. It's a way to affirm the genuineness of their effort and desire to communicate with God, even if they do not think of God in Christian terms. Table of Contents Part 1 Praying with Bush and Bono Part 2 Praying with People Who Aren't Christians Part 3 Should Christians Pray with People Who Aren't Christians? Part 4 Should Christians Pray with People Who Aren't Christians? (continued) Part 5 What Does It Mean to Pray in Jesus's Name? Part 6 What Does It Mean to Pray in Jesus's Name? (continued) Part 7 Do Christians and Muslims Pray to the Same God? Part 8 Bono's Sermon   Note: The rest of this series exists as a stand alone series called: Reflections on the ONE Campaign. The content in this series and that one is identical. Part 9 Bono's Sermon: His ONE Point Part 10 The ONE Campaign: Some Facts, Including Some Surprising Ones Part 11 Is God on the Side of the Poor? Part 12 God and the Poor: Biblical Testimonies Part 13 Reflections on the ONE Campaign Part 14 Further Reflections on the ONE Campaign Part 15 A Bit More on the ONE Campaign Part 16 Why the ONE Campaign is So Important Part 17 Introducing the EIGHTY Campaign [HT: Tod Bolsinger]