To You All Hearts Are Open: Revitalizing the Church's Pattern of Asking God - Softcover

McKnight, Scot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640606165 ISBN 13: 9781640606166

Publisher: Paraclete Press, 2021

Synopsis

 The most ancient form of prayer is probably petition. Scot McKnight has set out to understand this better, and guide pray-ers and churches to reinvigorate their practice of asking God.

To You All Hearts Are Open begins with the Collects of the Book of Common Prayer –  timeless prayers that have been used by Christians for centuries, are rooted in the Catholic tradition of prayer, and are deeply biblical. These prayers common to churches of nearly every denomination illustrate five elements of prayer itself: addressing God, asking God, reminding God of how God has acted in the past, expecting God to answer, and accessing God through Christ. They are the Bible’s pattern of petitioning God which Scot McKnight seeks to rediscover a reliable path to relationship and true conversation with God.

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About the Author

Scot McKnight, Ph.D. is Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and the author of The Jesus Creed, 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed, and many other books. Born in Southern Illinois, Scott came of age in Freeport, Illinois, attended college in Grand Rapids, MI, seminary at Trinity in Deerfield, IL. He received his PhD at the University of Nottingham in England. He has been married for 47 years, a professor for nearly 40 years, and an author of more than 80 books. His books from Paraclete include the bestseller, The Jesus Creed; Praying with the Church; and To You All Hearts are Open. Scott is awaiting the publication of a book this fall called A Church called Tov (Tyndale). Together with his wife Kris, they have two children, and two grandchildren.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Paraclete Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1640606165
• ISBN 13: 9781640606166
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128