Some years ago a group of 25 Biblical scholars formed a group called, "The Jesus Seminar." About five years ago, they used a color code to vote on what words of The Lord''s Prayer they actually believed came directly from the lips of our Lord, Jesus Christ and not the editorial revisions of the Gospel writers, Matthew and Luke, and those who came after them.

The color code was as follows:

RED - direct words from Jesus PINK - not directly from Jesus, but close to what he might have said. GRAY - indirectly connected to Jesus'' thought patterns. WHITE - no connection at all.

Only one word, "Father", received the "red card" majority vote of the panel. All the other words received the voting colors of pink, gray, or white.

I agree with Dr. John Killinger of Samford University that The Lord'…