Prayer : The Cry for the Kingdom

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

Petition has always stood at the heart of the manner in which evangelicals pray. But why is petitionary prayer important? "Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom presents petitionary prayer as a crucial aspect of the coming of Godbs kingdom on earth and challenges the contemporary church to recapture what it means to be a church that prays.

Author Biography

Stanley J. Grenz was Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology at Carey Theological College, Vancouver, British Columbia, and professor of theological studies at Mars Hill Graduate School, Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Eugene Peterson vii
Preface ix
PROLOGUE: A Call to Prayer 1(7)
1. The Nature of Christian Prayer 8(23)
The Background to the Christian Concept of Prayer
9(5)
Prayer and the Life of Jesus
14(9)
Prayer in the New Testament Church
23(3)
Christian Prayer and the Church of All Ages
26(5)
2. How Petitionary Prayer "Works" 31(23)
What Supplication "Effects"
32(4)
Prayer and Modern Psychology
36(7)
Prayer and Christian Theology
43(11)
3. What Praying according to God's Will Means 54(13)
The Characteristics of the Petitioner
55(8)
The Characteristics of the Petition
63(4)
4. How to Pray according to God's Will 67(26)
The General Pattern
67(2)
Praying in Situations of Christian Concern
69(15)
Praying for the Sick
84(6)
Praying Specifically
90(3)
5. Persisting in Prayer 93(12)
Jesus' Command to Persistency
94(5)
The Importance of Persistency
99(3)
The Persistent Attitude
102(3)
6. Practicing Effective Prayer 105(17)
Praying in Public Worship
107(4)
Praying Alone
111(5)
Praying Together
116(6)
EPILOGUE: The Life of Prayer 122(3)
Selected Bibliography 125

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