| The Struggle of Prayer Contributor(s): Bloesch, Donald G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 093944304X ISBN-13: 9780939443048 Publisher: Helmers & Howard Publishers OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1988 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Bloesch asserts that true prayer is not humanity rising to God in order to become one with him (the mystical ideal), but God reaching out to humanity and calling for a response of obedience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General - Religion | Devotional |
| Dewey: 248.32 |
| LCCN: 87023764 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The key to prayer is "not our action in preparing ourselves, but God's action in revealing himself," writes Dr. Donald G. Bloesch of Dubuque Theological Seminary. True prayer is not humanity rising to God in order to become one with him (the mystical ideal), but God reaching out to humanity and calling for a response of obedience. It is the constant struggle to take hold of the outstretched hand of God. This striving with a personal God is foundational to biblical prayer, stresses Dr. Bloesch. In "The Struggle of Prayer," he outlines an evangelical spirituality that has at its heart the "outpouring of the soul before a living God." |