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Title: Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, James H. Burtness ISBN: 0-8066-1439-0 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: June, 1974 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Praying with Christ
Comment: In this beautiful little book, Bonhoeffer guides the Christian to the Scriptures for lessons in how to pray. He affirms that the Lord's Prayer is the primary prayer of the Christian, which he asserts contains every prayer that a Christian ought to pray. Bonhoeffer also makes a startling but wise claim that jolts us out of the narrowness of our focus in prayer: "The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart." Thus we find the book of Psalms to be a rich treasury of prayers that are part of God's inspired word, and therefore a true place to learn how God would have us pray.
The book proceeds to give some general background on the history and use of the Psalms as the prayer book of the Bible. In the main part of the book he presents one possible system of categorizing the Psalms according to their petitions, and also points out that they can be organized according to the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. But the most valuable part of the book, in my opinion, is how he shows us how the Psalms are to be prayed in Christ, of whom the Psalms also testify (Luke 24:44). As Bonhoeffer says, "It is the incarnate Son of God, who has borne every human weakness in his own flesh, who here pours out the heart of all humanity before God, and who stands in our place and prays for us."
This is a fine book for the devotional/prayer life of the Christian.
Rating: 4
Summary: How to pray the psalms with confidence and love
Comment: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, hung by the Nazis for his principled resistance to perversion of Christian life, leads us through the themes and value of psalms. These song-prayers, brought forth from thousands of years of human longing for connection with God, are just as powerful in their meaning of human life, today. Use this tiny volume as a study guide to psalm themes for better prayer life.
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Title: Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis ISBN: 015676248X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 07 October, 1964 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Meditating on the Word by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, David McI. Gracie ISBN: 1561011843 Publisher: Cowley Publications Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Christ the Center by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ISBN: 0060608110 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 25 October, 1978 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ISBN: 0060608528 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 25 October, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Meditations on the Cross by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Manfred Weber, Douglas W. Stott ISBN: 0664257550 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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