Life at Its Best A Guidebook for the Pilgrim Life

Name: Life at Its Best A Guidebook for the Pilgrim Life
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ISBN: 9780007111190

ISBN-10: 0007111193

ISBN-13: 9780007111190

Edition: 2002

Authors: Eugene H. Peterson

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Life At Its Best combines the full contents of Peterson's three previous books, all of which display his accessible approach to challenging subject matter and his inspirational outlook on the Christian life.

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Zondervan
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Eugene H. Peterson, author of The Message, a bestselling translation of the Bible, is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, British Columbia, and the author of over thirty books. He and his wife, Jan, live in Montana.

1 Discipleship: 'How Will You Compete with Horses?' . . . .. . . . . . . . 11 2 Repentance: 'Woe is Me, that I Sojourn in Meshech' . . . .. . . . . 20 3 Providence: 'Keep You from All Evil' . . .. . . 30 4 Worship: 'Let Us Go to the House of the Lord!' . . . . . 40 5 Service: 'Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God' . . . . . . 50 6 Help: 'We Have Escaped as a Bird from the Snare' . . . 59 7 Security: 'The Lord Is Round about His People' . . . . . 69 8 Joy: 'Our Mouth Was Filled with Laughter' . . . . . . . . . 80 9 Work: 'Unless the Lord Builds the House' . . . . . . . . . . 89 10 Happiness: 'You Shall Be Happy, and It Shall Be Well with You' . . .. . . . . . . . . . 98 11 Perseverance: 'Yet… They Have Not Prevailed against Me' . . . . . .. . . . . . . 107 12 Hope: 'I Wait for the Lord, My Soul Waits' . . . . . . . . 118 13 Humility: 'My Eyes Are Not Raised Too High' . . . . . 128 14 Obedience: 'How He Swore to the Lord' . . . . . . . . . . 139 15 Community: 'Like the Precious Oil upon the Head' . . .. . . . . . . . 151 16 Blessing: 'Lift Up Your Hands' . . .. . . . . . 163 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 1 How Will You Compete with Horses?. . . . .. . . . 185 2 Jeremiah . .. . . . . . . . . 195 3 Before . . . . . . .. . . . 207 4 I Am Only a Youth . . . . . . . .. . . . . 219 5 Do Not Trust in These Deceptive Words . . .. . . . . 231 6 Go Down to the Potter's House . . . . . .. . . 243 7 Pashhur Beat Jeremiah . . . . . .. . . . . 253 8 My Wound Incurable . . .. . . . . . . . . 264 9 Twenty-Three Years . . . Persistently . . . . .. . . . . . 277 10 Take a Scroll and Write on It. . .. . . . . 287 11 House of the Rechabites. . . . .. . . . . 298 12 Letter to the Exiles . . . . . .. . . . 309 13 Sentry . . . King . . . Eunuch. . .. . . . . . 321 14 I Bought the Field at Anathoth . . . . . . .. . . 331 15 Concerning the Nations. . . . . . .. . . . . . . 343 16 In the Land of Egypt They Shall Fall. . .. . . . . . 354 Notes . . . . . . . . .. 367 Redefinitions 1 The Naked Noun . . . . .. . . . . 383 2 The Unbusy Pastor . . . .. . . . . . . . . 386 3 The Subversive Pastor . . .. . . . . . 396 4 The Apocalyptic Pastor. . .. . . . . . . . 407 Between Sundays 5 Ministry Amid the Traffic .. . . . . . . 421 6 Curing Souls: The Forgotten Art . . .. . . . . 424 7 Praying with Eyes Open . . . .. . . . . . . . 435 8 First Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 9 Is Growth a Decision? . .. . . . . . . . . . 462 10 The Ministry of Small Talk . . . . .. . . . . . . . 477 11 Unwell in a New Way. . . . . . .. . . . . . . 483 12 Lashed to the Mast . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 495 13 Desert and Harvest: A Sabbatical Story . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 The Word Made Fresh 14 Poets and Pastors . . . . . .. . . . . . . 519 15 Poems . . . . . .. . . . . . 522