Wednesday 5 September 2007

Philip Yancey

The celebrated author was in Melbourne today. He spoke at a good event sponsored by the Evangelical Alliance. There were about 200 there and estimating by the response, everyone was blessed by Mr. Yancey's message. I'll resist the temptation to restate his points, but rather, celebrate his faithfulness as well as his latest book. You can acquire a copy of the DVD of his message from Evangelical Alliance.

I've never read one of his books I didn't like. This one's entitled, "Prayer: Does It Make a Difference? I have yet to read it, but am blessed that he has chosen this subject. In the book he asks, "Why is it that prayer ranks so high on surveys of importance and so low on surveys of satisfaction?" This is a great question.

Let's just pray...and then...trust God.

1 Peter 2:9 (MSG)
9 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you—

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am reading this book at the moment and only have a couple of chapters to go to finish it. I also have read some of his other books but in my opinion this one tops them all. It is very easy to read but gives some wonderful insight into the subject of prayer.

Hoss said...

Jim,

Just discovered your blog! Sweet. When I grow up, I want to be just like you.

Bob Hostetler

Jim Knaggs said...

Hi Bob,

Trust you're well.

I've been working on being like Jesus and you.