[JesseShurun]

But we have no prayers to Moses, to Mary, to Charles Spurgeon, to The Bible, so that's our stumbling block --we are careful to pray only to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

WHATEVER HITS THE FAN WILL
NOT BE DISTRIBUTED EVENLY.

BigMack

[newgeezer]

only to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ

Some of us can't even get those parts right.

[AlguyA]

"we are careful to pray only to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ."

Really? Have you ever asked anyone else to pray for you. For if you have, then you 'prayed' to that person -if by pray you mean, "to ask., or seek something." If, on the other hand, by pray you mean 'worship,' then we, too, only pray to (worship) the One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

In fact, this brings up a point I've been meaning to raise with Protestants. You continually cite Jesus as the only mdeiator between us and the Father. Yet, if you ask someone to pray for you, then you are using that person as a mediator between yourself and Christ. Frankly, there's nothing wrong with this, indeed, its scriptural. Its just that I think the point needs to be made that asking someone to pray for you is not erecting a mediator between yourself and Christ, thereby diminishing Christ's role as mediator.

[RobbyS]

In Acts, sick people sought out Peter,because they thought he had the power to heal them. They were "praying" to him in the sense of entreating someone with power. We don't think that power went away when Peter died. He healed in the name of Jesus. We believe he still does.