What Are We Doing When We Pray

Author : Vincent Brümmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351873199
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Are We Doing When We Pray? written by Vincent Brümmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Brümmer's classic book on prayer from 1984 provides a comprehensive philosophical analysis of central issues regarding the nature and practice of prayer. What do we do when we ask things of other people, when we thank them or praise them, when we express penitence for what we have done to them and ask their forgiveness? And how does doing these things in relation to God differ from when we do them in relation to other people? And what does this entail for the existence and nature of the God to whom we pray? This new edition has been substantially revised and updated. Three new chapters have been added which develop in detail a hint by G.K. Chesterton that faith 'is not a thing like a theory but a thing like a love affair.' Since prayer is the expression of this 'love affair' it is also the clue to understanding the nature of faith. These chapters contribute significantly to the current academic interest in spirituality by showing how Brümmer's analysis of prayer helps us to understand the nature of spirituality, of faith and religious belief, and of theology. Spirituality is not aimed at achieving religious 'experiences' or mystical 'knowledge' about God; it is primarily aimed at attaining the religious form of life and at coming to see the world in the light of faith. Religious belief is not merely a cognitive enterprise like science; it cannot be divorced from spirituality and the life of faith, and is therefore fundamentally existential and not merely intellectual. Serving as a valuable core text for students, this book also contributes to a number of current debates in theology and philosophy of religion: the debates on realism and religious belief, on the rationality of faith and the nature of theology, on the relation between religious belief and morality, on the relation between science and religion and the lively debate among evangelical Christians in America on the 'openness of God.'

Author : Vincent Brümmer
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754662099
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What are We Doing when We Pray? written by Vincent Brümmer and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Brümmer's classic book on prayer from 1984 provides a comprehensive philosophical analysis of central issues regarding the nature and practice of prayer.This new edition has been substantially revised and updated. Serving as a valuable core text for students, this book also contributes to a number of current debates in theology and philosophy of religion: the debates on realism and religious belief, on the rationality of faith and the nature of theology, on the relation between religious belief and morality, on the relation between science and religion and the lively debate among evangelical Christians in America on the 'openness of God.'

Author : William Philip
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433542897
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why We Pray written by William Philip and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer is foundational to the Christian life, but many people don’t really understand it. What is it for? How does it work? Why do we do it? This short and accessible book explains what prayer is, why it exists, and how it can encourage us in our life of faith. Written by a pastor with years of teaching and counseling experience, Why We Pray doesn’t simply tell readers why they should pray, but instead focuses on four blessing-filled reasons that will help Christians want to pray. Rather than feeling discouraged and disheartened by their inconsistency in prayer, readers will feel reinvigorated to approach God with confidence and joy, delighted by the privilege of talking directly to their loving heavenly Father.

Author : Jürgen Moltmann
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451412031
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Source of Life written by Jürgen Moltmann and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with his experiences as a prisoner of war, Moltmann anchors his reflections in a theology of life - and the Spirit as elemental renewer of life - which links biblical manifestations to contemporary ones, hope to holiness, creation to community, and politics to prayer. In the Spirit we embrace the presence of God, but we also embrace community with people and all living things.

Author : Charles J. Keating
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780896223219
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who We are is how We Pray written by Charles J. Keating and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] popular presentation of the relationship between personality and spirituality. The author relates the personalities of sixteen types of Myers-Briggs ..."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Miranda Nerland
Publisher : Deward Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781936341979
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Worship? written by Miranda Nerland and published by Deward Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "But...why?" It's the first and most fundamental question most children ask--and when it comes to worshipping our Father in Heaven, our answer couldn't be more important. Why Do We Worship? lays out God's plan for worship in the Scriptures and encourages even very young children to discover and practice worship in their lives.

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Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827236905
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Together We Pray: a Prayer Book for Families written by and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together We Pray is a book of prayers written especially for families with children. It brings together grandparents, parents, older children, and even the youngest child to give thanks and to ask for God's help and mercy for the family and for the world. The prayers offered in Together We Pray are inspired by the Psalms of the Bible, scripture shared by Jews and Christians. They include prayers for the table, devotional prayers, and memory prayers that young children can easily understand. The prayers for table and devotion begin with a line or two from the Psalm in which the prayer is rooted and celebrate the good things of life just as the Psalms do--food, joy, home, love, and more. They also express a concern for other people and places around the world. For so many families, life today seems fast-paced and chaotic. Stopping for a moment to breathe, pausing and expressing thanks and gratitude to God, can be very powerful, even if the pause is relatively brief. Together We Pray helps families to take that pause, to share in God's love and grace, and to do so in the most profound and lasting way--together as a family.

Author : Stanley D. Gale
Publisher : P & R Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781596384149
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Pray? written by Stanley D. Gale and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have questions about prayerwhy pray to an all-knowing God who has ordained everything? Here is an overview of Scriptures teaching to give us a grounded, balanced, and broad understanding of prayer.

Author : R.T. Kendall
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1599799766
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Did You Think To Pray written by R.T. Kendall and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your heavenly Father values you as much as anybody who has ever lived. Think about that! God loves you and wants to talk to you. With prayer, we all have equal access…we are all on level ground. What’s more, prayer gives you the privilege of access to ultimate power. God can make anything happen. He can heal. Solve any problem. Change your financial situation. Open doors. Cause everything that has happened in your past (whether it was right or wrong, whether you were right or wrong) to work together for good. Did You Think to Pray? helps you to better understand what prayer is, why it is so important, and how you can overcome the obstacles that prevent you from doing it. Learn how to make prayer the foundation of your life…you can only benefit from spending more time with God. “I cannot imagine a greater motivation to pray than that God enjoys having me in His presence. He enjoys my company. He delights in listening to me! He doesn’t get bored with my repeated requests. He never makes me feel stupid. There is no rejection, only total acceptance.” --R.T. Kendall in Did You Think to Pray?

Author : Pete Greig
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1641581905
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Pray written by Pete Greig and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal–and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they’re true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God. How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone—the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing. How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.