"Deliverance from Self-Absorbtion in Prayer"

"Deliverance from Self-Absorbtion in Prayer" is one of the best lectures I have ever heard. In it John Coe looks at Luke 18:9-14 and asks how it can inform our prayer life. I cannot summurize it now, but if I should be given the time to summurize it another time I will do so. For now, here is the passage:

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

I also listened to another great lecture, "What is the Goal of Spiritual Growth?" by Bingham Hunter. I also desire to summarize it. God willing I shall, God willing. Good night.