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A long obedience in the same direction : discipleship in an instant society / Eugene H. Peterson.

By: Publication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2000.Edition: 20th anniversary edDescription: 212 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830822775
  • 0830822771
  • 9780830822577
  • 0830822577
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 223/.206 21
  • 248.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1430.4 .P466 2000
Contents:
20th-anniversary preface -- Discipleship -- Repentance -- Providence -- Worship -- Service -- Help -- Security -- Joy -- Work -- Happiness -- Perseverance -- Hope -- Humility -- Obedience -- Community -- Blessing -- A long obedience.
Summary: As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this book. If anything, email and the Internet may have intensified our quest for the quick fix. But Peterson's time-tested prescription for discipleship remains the same -- a long obedience in the same direction. Tucked away in the Hebrew Psalter, Peterson discovered "an old dog-eared songbook," the Songs of Ascents that were sung by pilgrims on their way up to worship in Jerusalem. In these songs (Psalms 120-134) Peterson finds encouragement for modern pilgrims as we learn to grow in worship, service, joy, work, happiness, humility, community and blessing.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212).

20th-anniversary preface -- Discipleship -- Repentance -- Providence -- Worship -- Service -- Help -- Security -- Joy -- Work -- Happiness -- Perseverance -- Hope -- Humility -- Obedience -- Community -- Blessing -- A long obedience.

As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this book. If anything, email and the Internet may have intensified our quest for the quick fix. But Peterson's time-tested prescription for discipleship remains the same -- a long obedience in the same direction. Tucked away in the Hebrew Psalter, Peterson discovered "an old dog-eared songbook," the Songs of Ascents that were sung by pilgrims on their way up to worship in Jerusalem. In these songs (Psalms 120-134) Peterson finds encouragement for modern pilgrims as we learn to grow in worship, service, joy, work, happiness, humility, community and blessing.

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