Lord and His Prayer - Softcover

Wright, N. T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802843204 ISBN 13: 9780802843203

Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co, 1997

Synopsis

By reflecting on the Lord's Prayer in its original setting, N.T. Wright offers a fresh understanding of Christian spirituality and the life of prayer.Taking the Lord's Prayer clause by clause, Wright locates this prayer within the historical life and work of Jesus and allows the prayer's devotional application to grow out of its historical context. The Lord and His Prayer will stimulate and refresh the heart and mind of any reader.

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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.-

About 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: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0802843204
• ISBN 13: 9780802843203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 89