2009-09-10T16:21:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/pagan http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2023:5&version=NIV 2009-09-10T16:21:28-05:00 In the Old Testament we read much of the Jews and their interactions with the pagans. There is a constant tension between how the kings dealt or didn't deal with the pagan cultures they interacted with. In this verse we read of how Josiah destroyed the pagan priests and their various forms of worship. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.6.7&version=NIV 2009-07-21T17:16:56-05:00 In the NIV the word heathen is rendered as pagan, and in this verse we are told that while we are praying we should not babble like the pagans. Jesus says that they think they'll be heard because of the number of words they speak.