"Our Father Which Art In Heaven', This 'Be Thy Name."
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"Matthew 6:9 says, 'Our Father Which Art In Heaven', This 'Be Thy Name.'"
Would you be able to buzz in with the answer?
This question on the famous TV game show Jeopardy went unanswered last week. I was a bit surprised no one answered it but even more so that it was a question on Jeopardy. Is a Christian prayer common knowledge? I was never taught the Lord’s Prayer in any of my school classes. I also never attended any religious schools or had any religion classes offered to me. I was taught by my family and in Church. (I still try not to get tripped up on debtors and trespass. I tend to interchange the two words.)
So how does a Christian Bible prayer end up as a Jeopardy question?
-Guinness World Records has the Christian Bible, as the best-selling book of all time with 5-7 billion copies sold worldwide.
-The world population is around 8 billion people as of today.
-Answers.com states there are about 3 Bibles in an American home.
-Lifeway Research surveyed 1,000 Americans and found that 1 in 5 Americans have read the Bible at least once.
With the stats above you'd think, yes, the odds are in the favor of the contestant; best selling book, several in the home…easy!
When I was talking with a friend about it, she said “most don't see God as holy so how would they know the answer is “Hallowed”, when they see him as their Bro?”
Yet another friend was not surprised at all.
Are you surprised by this? Do you think this was a fair Jeopardy question? And do you honor God as holy or is He just your BFF?
“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Let’s hallow His name!
Nikki Fiedler
* https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-book-of-non-fiction
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
https://www.answers.com/Q/Average_number_of_Bibles_in_American_home