Approaching God: Accepting the Invitation to Stand in the Presence of God
Steve Brown
The publisher describes this book as…
“A spiritual guide on how to pray, cites the importance of focusing on God rather than on oneself, while it defines the basic theology of prayer and addresses such issues as unanswered prayers.”
Again, because I have listened to Steve Brown, I read his humor and humilty in his writing (which could be misread if you don’t know his style) and love the candor with which he writes. This book was a great refresher on prayer and was very formative for my sabbatical. The newest edition of this book is about to be released. The following is an excerpt from the introduction…
“God confuses me, and when it comes to what he’s doing, why he’s doing it, and why it hurts so much, I’m long on questions and short on answers. Paul asked the rhetorical questions: “Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” (Rom. 11:34-35 esv). The answer is, of course, “Nobody here!” That doesn’t mean that I don’t know anything about God. He has, for some reason I’ve never understood, called me to be his servant and friend. For some reason, he has asked me to talk about him to others. I wouldn’t do it for anybody else but him. I have too many sins and too many doubts, and I’m way too cynical about myself and about lots of other things.”
I should also mention one other book by Steve that really rocks. It is “A Scandalous Freedom” and is the content of which he taught in the course I took under him. The book is about radical grace.
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