A long obedience in the same direction : discipleship in an instant society /
Peterson, Eugene H., 1932-2018,
A long obedience in the same direction : discipleship in an instant society / Eugene H. Peterson. - 20th anniversary ed. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2000. - 212 pages ; 21 cm
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.
9780830822775 0830822771 9780830822577 0830822577
00039580
Bible.--Psalms, CXX-CXXXIV--Meditations.
Bible.--Psalms, CXX-CXXXIV.
Christian life.
Christian life
Meditations.
Meditations.
BS1430.4 / .P466 2000
223/.206 248.4
A long obedience in the same direction : discipleship in an instant society / Eugene H. Peterson. - 20th anniversary ed. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2000. - 212 pages ; 21 cm
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.
9780830822775 0830822771 9780830822577 0830822577
00039580
Bible.--Psalms, CXX-CXXXIV--Meditations.
Bible.--Psalms, CXX-CXXXIV.
Christian life.
Christian life
Meditations.
Meditations.
BS1430.4 / .P466 2000
223/.206 248.4