Prayer:Bearing the World

Christians are troubled by the spiritual indifference and moral degeneracy of our day. Some resort to a kind of religious escapism, interacting only with like-minded believers and dreaming of a spectacular deliverance in the Apocalypse. Yet God calls us to respond-not by escaping from the world, but by interceding for its deliverance. In fact, Scripture says that intercession is the life purpose of every servant of God.

The Bible's accounts of intercessory prayer are truly amazing. They lead us to wonder, Can our prayers help to redeem our world? Dr. Kinlaw says yes. He affirms that God still hears and answers the prayers of his people. Leading us through a careful consideration of the burden-bearing work of God and his people, he challenges each of us to examine the depth of our own relationship with God.

Dennis F. Kinlaw served for eighteen years as the president of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and is widely respected as an evangelical Bible scholar and theologian. He received his PhD degree in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University and pursued other graduate studies at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His previous books include Lectures in Old Testament Theology (Francis Asbury Press, 2011).