Ain't Too Proud to Beg

by Work, Telford

• ISBN13: 9780802803931
• ISBN10: 0802803938
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-31
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Karl Bart's legendary image of preaching with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other now has a matching image for praying. In this book Telford Work encourages readers to bring the Lord's Prayer to bear on their interactions with and attitudes toward the contemporary world. Neither a commentary on the Lord's Prayer nor a theology of prayer, Ain't Too Proud to Beg is an ecumenical, evangelical, postmodern, irenic exploration of prayer as a theological process. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Telford Work is associate professor of theology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: When You Pray...	p. xi
The First Tablet
The Character of God	p. 3
God Made Strange	p. 3
"Our Father in Heaven"	p. 15
The Reputation of God	p. 27
Blasphemed among the Nations	p. 27
A Glimpse of Something Extraordinary	p. 31
"Let Your Name Be Held Holy"	p. 32
The Reign of God	p. 47
Trivial Pursuits, Lost Causes, and Utopian Fantasies	p. 47
Divided Loyalties? American Patriotism and Christian Identity	p. 53
"Your Kingdom Come"	p. 64
The Presence of God	p. 79
Will the Son of Man Find Faith on Earth When He Comes?	p. 79
"Your Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven"	p. 103
Interlude	p. 111
The Second Tablet
The Providence of God	p. 117
The Culture of Money	p. 117
"Give Us Today Our Daily Bread"	p. 130
The Mercy of God	p. 144
The Soulless World of Tom Wolfe	p. 144
"Forgive Us...as We Forgive"	p. 152
The Victory of God	p. 172
Woe, Woe, Woe	p. 172
"Do Not Lead Us into Temptation, Rather Deliver Us from the Evil One"	p. 188
Epilogue: Amen	p. 206
Bible Stories You Didn't Outgrow: Jonah	p. 206
Generosity under Pressure; or, How to Win in November No Matter What	p. 213
You Can Say That Again	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 235
Subject Index	p. 241
Scripture Index	p. 246
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