The Lord and His Prayer (SPCK Classics) - Softcover

Wright, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0281068011 ISBN 13: 9780281068012

Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

By looking in detail at the Lord's Prayer and its background, Tom Wright offers a really fresh and helpful way of looking at Jesus. Phrase by phrase, he demonstrates how understanding the prayer in its original setting can be the starting point for a rekindling of Christian spirituality and the life of prayer. This small masterpiece of a book contains a great deal to stimulate and refresh both the mind and the heart - and to show that, properly understood, they belong together.

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Review:

-- Booklist"Wright parses [the Lord's Prayer] in six parts to demonstrate that it contains the essence of Christian teaching. . . . Absorbing and inspiring."-- Christianity Today"Wright combines a sharp homiletical style with his rich background as a New Testament scholar. . . . The Lord and His Prayer is a helpful book for the devotional life of beginning prayers as well as for more mature Christians."-- Christian Library Journal"Fresh insight into the multiple meanings of the Lord's Prayer. . . . Worth reading slowly and pondering."-- Theological Book Review"This easily accessible series of reflections focuses sharply on that prayer which is at the heart of discipleship, relating it to the ministry of Jesus. Study groups and personal reflection will both be enriched by this work."

"-- Booklist"
"Wright parses [the Lord's Prayer] in six parts to demonstrate that it contains the essence of Christian teaching. . . . Absorbing and inspiring."
"-- Christianity Today"
"Wright combines a sharp homiletical style with his rich background as a New Testament scholar. . . . The Lord and His Prayer is a helpful book for the devotional life of beginning prayers as well as for more mature Christians."
"-- Christian Library Journal"
"Fresh insight into the multiple meanings of the Lord's Prayer. . . . Worth reading slowly and pondering."
"-- Theological Book Review"
"This easily accessible series of reflections focuses sharply on that prayer which is at the heart of discipleship, relating it to the ministry of Jesus. Study groups and personal reflection will both be enriched by this work."

-- Booklist
-Wright parses [the Lord's Prayer] in six parts to demonstrate that it contains the essence of Christian teaching. . . . Absorbing and inspiring.-
-- Christianity Today
-Wright combines a sharp homiletical style with his rich background as a New Testament scholar. . . . The Lord and His Prayer is a helpful book for the devotional life of beginning prayers as well as for more mature Christians.-
-- Christian Library Journal
-Fresh insight into the multiple meanings of the Lord's Prayer. . . . Worth reading slowly and pondering.-
-- Theological Book Review
-This easily accessible series of reflections focuses sharply on that prayer which is at the heart of discipleship, relating it to the ministry of Jesus. Study groups and personal reflection will both be enriched by this work.-

From the Author:

TOM WRIGHT, formerly Bishop of Durham, is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and television, and the author of over forty books, including the For Everyone guides to the New Testament, and the best-selling Simply Christian (2006), Surprised by Hope (2007) and Virtue Reborn (2010).

About this edition

• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0281068011
• ISBN 13: 9780281068012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96