It's a book for the long haul, about the long haul, witI'm convinced there's a time for every book. Everyone who travels the road of faith requires assistance from time to time. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations



For many years he was James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Still a classic in many ways. Indeed, Peterson calls this small volume, writing which has characterized “everything I’ve written since.” This idea is important because through this book one can see Peterson’s heart for “men and women who believingly follow Jesus” to be “best guided and energized by a fusion of Scripture and prayer.” Everything Peterson has written in this book is just that, a lifelong guide for discipleship.Good writing and a few great quotes. 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.

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Great insight. Anything by Peterson is as good as gold, and this classic on Christian discipleship will not disappoint. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

0830822577 Peterson is a master of the simple yet profound, the accessible yet expansive.

And there was not really much of anything about "long obdedience." As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this Christian classic. We continue to identify with the first disciples, who "set out for Jerusalem. So here goes...Let me start this way, I love Peterson’s tone.

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An absolute gift.
Twenty years ago I first read this Many scholars believe these psalms were sung by pilgrims as they ascended the road to Jerusalem to attend the three great festivals (Passover, Weeks, and Tabernacles or Booths). This book is a treasure on discipleship. Discipleship in an Instant Society. If we learn to sing them well, they can be a kind of     Christians will recognize how appropriately these psalms may be sung between the times: between the time we leave the world's environment and arrive at the Spirit's assembly; between the time we leave sin and arrive at holiness; between the time we leave home on Sunday morning and arrive in church with the company of God's people; between the time we leave the works of the law and arrive at justification by faith.

Ironically the title of the book is a line taken from Nietzsche, an atheist.Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017

I appreciate his words even though I would appreciate him using "disciple" more than "pilgrim". The topics are: Discipleship, Repentance, Providence, Worship, Service, Help, Security, Joy, Work, Happiness, Perseverance, Hope, Humility, Obedience, Community, Blessing.I love the concept of the title of this book and it’s something I have to remind myself of regularly. Meanwhile the world whispers, "Why bother? To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.

. Ours is a time and a world that needs to hear in fresh ways all that that Word might mean if we would only listen. Of course Peterson cannot perfectly convey what is necessary for the Christian life, but he does attempt the task. Peterson's combination of passion and insight match the psalmists'. This is a very reflective book, so don't be in a hurry, relax and digest it slowly. I was a little surprised to find out Peterson took this idea from a Friedrich Nietzsche quote, who was by no means a Christian. Singing the fifteen psalms is a way both to express the amazing grace and to quiet the anxious fears.



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