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Title: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson ISBN: 0-8308-2257-7 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Correction
Comment: I haven't read the book, I just wanted to correct something. tvtv3 said that The Message is "not an actual translation" of the Bible. In truth it is not. A translation is a paraphrase taken from another English version of the text (like the NLT). When a text is translated from the original Hebrew and Greek it's called a version (NKJV, NIV). That's what The Message is, a version.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great meditation
Comment: Perhaps the best thing about this book is the premise it is written on -- that being a Christian means embarking on a journey, away from the world, toward the City of God. Not an original idea, but certainly one we can stand to be reminded of often, and one I'd love to see more books devoted to that.
Eugene Peterson finds in the Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134), a cycle of songs sung by Jewish pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem to worship, a wonderful parallel to the modern (and timeless) Christian pilgrimage. Each chapter is a meditation on one of the songs, and Peterson draws out the ways each of them show us an aspect of the Christian faith (Repentance, Providence, Worship) and how they relate to each other. (It is natural that the journey begins with repentance and ends with blessing; the rest of the sequence is just as intuitive.)
Eugene Peterson has a poet's heart and a theologian's training, but the former prevails. Others may be perturbed that he does not explain exactly why suffering exists in the world; I am grateful that instead he chooses to meditate upon the way that suffering is a central ingredient of human experience...."in suffering we enter the depths; we are at the heart of things, we are near to where Christ was on the cross."(134)
I enjoyed and appreciated this book not because it taught me a lot of new things, but because it caused me to slow down and reflect; to remember things I had learned, and see them with new eyes. Like the songs sung on the journey, it is not so much intended to impart new information, but to bring back into mind (and spirit) the old things, the ancient things -- the things that have the power to redeem us and heal us.
Rating: 5
Summary: correction of misinformation in review posted by tvtv3
Comment: tvtv3 says in his review, "Eugene Peterson uses his own translation of the Bible, The Message, as the scriptural references for the entire book."
This is incorrect.
Quoted from the copyright page of the book: "Biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973, and are used by permission."
This book was written in 1980 - a long time before Mr. Peterson finished his own translation, The Message.
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Title: Perseverance: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Christian Basics Bible Studies Series) by Eugene H. Peterson ISBN: 0830820108 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Run With the Horses by Eugene H. Peterson ISBN: 0877849056 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Leap Over a Wall : Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians by Eugene H. Peterson ISBN: 006066522X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work by Eugene H. Peterson ISBN: 0802806600 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Traveling Light: Modern Meditations on St. Paul's Letter of Freedom by Eugene H., Peterson ISBN: 0939443082 Publisher: Helmers & Howard Pub Pub. Date: March, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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