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November 2012
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"Masterful, comprehensive, and timely." - Professor Eugene H. Peterson.
This is the fruit of meditation over 35 years on "John 17". For most of his ministry Michael Cassidy has been wracked by the discrepancy between the church Jesus portrays, and the church in daily experience.
Luther wrote of "John 17": "It is so deep, so rich, so wide, no one can fathom it." John Knox had the chapter read to him every day of his last illness. William Temple once reflected that "it is perhaps the most sacred passage even in the four Gospels." John Stott called it "one of the profoundest chapters of the Bible".
Michael Cassidy looks at Jesus' vision and the church's mundane reality with care and prayerful reflection, asking: Where have we gone wrong? What can we do? How should we amend our ways? He studs his text with dozens of luminous and engaging anecdotes. This is an enormously readable and attractive book, permeated with Michael's generous, engaging spirit and shot through with insights into the human condition.
- Includes a for by Eugene H. Peterson
- Guide to use the book in small groups
- Endnotes & Index
Author
Michael Cassidy
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Published
November 2012
Edition
1st New edition
Weight
500g
Page Count
416
Dimensions
13.8 x 21.4 x 2.6 cm
ISBN
9780857213303
ISBN-10
085721330X
Eden Code
4037669
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Author/Creator: Michael Cassidy
ISBN: 9780857213303
Publisher: Lion Hudson
Release Date: November 2012
Weight: 500g
Dimensions: 13.8 x 21.4 x 2.6 cm
Eden Code: 4037669
11 years ago
This is a substantive and powerful exploration into the multi-faceted aspects of unity in Christ, as seen in the detail of John 17. The mystery and complexity of this prayer is unpacked in this weighty scholarship by Michael Cassidy.
John 17 is arguably the most complete and demanding prayer for the church. Human condition and scriptural faithfulness co-exist powerfully here in a resource book, that reflects a life of faithful ministry. The Church Jesus Prayed For is the fruit of Cassidy's "love affair with this poignant prayer".
In Jesus' prayer, Cassidy sees everything to do with the church's life in the world - "its authority, its characteristics, its lifestyle, its mission, its inner dynamics, plus both its heavenly and its earthly purposes". The heart of this book - what Cassidy labels the "Ten Marks" of the church Jesus prayed for, are identified as Truth, Holiness, Joy, Protection from Evil, Mission, Prayer, Unity, Love, Power and Glory. He writes substantively and in-depth on each of these topics, elaborating Biblically and experientially on them.
The chapters on joy, mission and unity are particularly brilliant. Not an easy canter but a masterful deep book worthy of your time. You'll be fuelled deeply and energised through Cassidy's outstanding effort.
The Church Jesus Prayed For reveals the heart and mind of Jesus for all kinds of readers. Gracious, generous and full of generosity.
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