The Blog I Never Use

On his blog, Jordan says:

To all of those of who have posted that you are praying for me, thank you. For all of those who say you don’t believe, but you send good wishes, thank you, too. You think good wishes; God hears prayers.

Is God too proud to accept the prayers of unbelievers? I once tried to convince a Portland-area preacher that his sermon on how God doesn't hear the prayers of non-Christians was unscriptural. I was ready with several scriptures, but he wouldn't even entertain the idea that he might be wrong. If God is better than an idol, he must be good enough to hear the prayers of all people. The Hebrew prophets made it clear that God was not merely the God of Israel, but the God of all nations, whether they know it or not; he cares about pegans and Christians and Jews, and Muslims and it would be a bizzare and unmitigated lack of faith in him to believe that he only hears the prayers of one group. It would even be against the basic tenants of salvation itself if people who were bad could not pray that they might become better, if those who were idol worshipers could not pray that they could leave behind their gods.

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