Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation

by D. A. Carson

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2014

Overview

God doesn’t demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately, says top-selling author D.A. Carson. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. By following Paul’s example, we can do the same. This book calls believers to reject superficiality and revolutionize their lives by embracing a God–guided approach to prayer.

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Key Features

• Revised and expanded edition of a classic work on prayer
• Delivers exegetical insights on Paul’s prayer life
• Offers suggestions on how to pray based on Paul’s prayers in Scripture

Contents

• Lessons from the School of Prayer
• The Framework of Prayer: 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12
• Worthy Petitions: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
• Praying for Others
• A Passion for People: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
• The Content of a Challenging Prayer: Colossians 1:9-14
• Excuses for Not Praying
• Overcoming the Hurdles: Philippians 1:9-11
• A Sovereign and Personal God
• Praying to the Sovereign God: Ephesians 1:15-23
• Praying for Power: Ephesians 3:14-21
• Praying for Ministry: Romans 15:14-33

Top Highlights

“One of the most useful things is to vocalize your prayers.” (Page 2)

“Robert Murray M’Cheyne declared, ‘What a man is alone and on his knees before God, that he is, and no more.’” (Page xiii)

“‘pray until you pray.’ What they meant is that Christians should pray long enough and honestly enough, at a single session, to get past the feeling of formalism and unreality that attends not a little praying.” (Page 18)

“One of the foundational steps in knowing God, and one of the basic demonstrations that we do know God, is prayer—spiritual, persistent, biblically minded prayer.” (Page xiii)

“effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings” (Page 15)

Product Details

• Title: Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation
• Author: D. A. Carson
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 240
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Devotional use; Prayer › Christianity; Paul, the Apostle, Saint; Bible › Prayers
• ISBNs: 9781441227003, 9780801097102, 9781430032120, 9781430032137, 1441227008, 080109710X, 143003212X, 1430032138
• Resource ID: LLS:PRAYINGWITHPAUL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:19:55Z

About D. A. Carson

D.A. Carson (b. 1946) is one of the most respected New Testament scholars in the world. A respected teacher, author, and speaker, he is currently research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the president of The Gospel Coalition. He has served as pastor of Richmond Baptist Church and as the first dean of the seminary of Northwest Baptist Theological College, now known as Northwest Baptist Seminary. Logos has collected his sermons—including audio—in the D.A. Carson Sermon Archive.

Carson lectures in academic and church settings around the world, and is the author of more than 50 books, including Exegetical Fallacies, Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel According to John, The Gagging of God, Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12–14 and the Intolerance of Tolerance. He is the editor of the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, and coedited of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament with G.K. Beale, and the Studies in New Testament Greek series with Stanley Porter. You can find more of Carson’s work in the Baker D.A. Carson Collection (15 vols.).