Answering Speech

The Life of Prayer as Response to God

Daniel J. Brendsel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2023
Crossway Books (Verlag)
978-1-4335-8894-5 (ISBN)

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In this encouraging and practical book, readers will gain a new perspective on prayer and learn to answer what God has already spoken—drawing them into a deeper relationship with the Trinity.

Pursuing an Expansive Life of Prayer

In wondrous contrast to silent idols, the one true God speaks. He addresses his people in love, and it’s their great privilege to answer him in prayer. At its root, prayer isn’t mere self-expression or a prod to get a silent God to speak, but it is a learned skill to answer God’s initiating word in Christ.

Through this thoughtful book, author and pastor Daniel J. Brendsel explains how responding to God can nurture prayerful engagement with Scripture, shape healthy rhythms among God’s praying people, and spur excitement for communion with God. For those disappointed by their current life of prayer, Answering Speech invites readers to enter into an expansive and exuberant life of response to the Father through the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Offers a Unique Perspective: Explores how Christians are not initiators of prayer but responders to what God has already done
Appeals to Pastors and Thoughtful Laypersons: Focuses on important issues that should be taught within the local church
Theological yet Accessible: Deeply rooted in theology, this book offers encouragement and practical rhythms for prayer

Daniel J. Brendsel (PhD, Wheaton College) is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Hinckley, Minnesota. He is the author of Isaiah Saw His Glory and several articles appearing in books and journals.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Prayer as “Answering Speech”

Part 1: God
Chapter 1: Answering the Sovereign God
Chapter 2: When the Dialogue Seems One-Sided
Chapter 3: The End and the Beginning of Prayer

Part 2: Scripture
Chapter 4: Praying in Response to Scripture
Chapter 5: Praying Scripture
Chapter 6: Praying (in the Story of) Scripture

Part 3: Language
Chapter 7: Naming and Receiving Reality Aright
Chapter 8: The Language of the City of God
Chapter 9: Learning the Language

Part 4: Rhythms
Chapter 10: The Weekly Rhythm of Prayer
Chapter 11: The Daily Rhythm of Prayer
Chapter 12: The Rhythm and Shape of a Typical Prayer

Conclusion: In Jesus’s Name
Discussion Questions
Sources of Chapter-Opening Epigraphs
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2023
Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	1-4335-8894-3 / 1433588943
ISBN-13	978-1-4335-8894-5 / 9781433588945
Zustand	Neuware