This is a book about recognising God.
The God whom the prophets knew, the God who entered their experience and whose words they proclaimed, is not distant or aloof.
God graciously rejoices over us and joins us in lamenting our own ungraciousness. This is a theme found in a rich stream of texts from the prophets to the Gospels, to Paul and through to the Apocalypse.
While we believe that, in principle, salvation has been achieved, our experience is that both in ourselves and in our world much is unredeemed. We need, in prayer, to place ourselves under God's protection. And we need to ensure that our prayer is worthy of the God who is addressed and of the people of God who pray.
This is a book about recognising God.
The God whom the prophets knew, the God who entered their experience and whose words they proclaimed, is not distant or aloof.
God graciously rejoices over us and joins us in lamenting our own ungraciousness. This is a theme found in a rich stream of texts from the prophets to the Gospels, to Paul and through to the Apocalypse.
While we believe that, in principle, salvation has been achieved, our experience is that both in ourselves and in our world much is unredeemed. We need, in prayer, to place ourselves under God's protection. And we need to ensure that our prayer is worthy of the God who is addressed and of the people of God who pray.