• A spiritual manifesto by one of the world's most popular Christian writers • A passionate case for putting the Psalms back at the centre of Christian prayer and worship • An engaging and useful guide to praying the Psalms that can help us to live and commune with God as Jesus did 'I have decided, as a kind of thought-experiment, to order the material in three sections. The Psalms invite their singers, as they always have, to live at the crossroads of time, space and matter. This book explores what happens at this crossing-point.' From the Introduction 'Prayer is an act of rebellion. In this incisive and fresh look at the book of Psalms, Wright invites us to enter an alternative world-view that the Psalms embody. Let this book lead you to the Psalms - but beware, it's the wardrobe door into a new world order.' Scot McKnight, author of The King Jesus Gospel 'A characteristic blend of learning, personal insight and spiritual perception. This book will be of enormous help to Christians who want to know how to make fuller use of one of the greatest scriptural resources for prayer.' Rowan Williams, author of The Lion's World 'All our greatest treasures have a way of getting lost - then rediscovered. I can think of few greater treasures than the great songbook of the songs. I can think of no one better suited to explaining why and how they are to be treasured than Tom Wright.' John Ortberg, author of The Me

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Title page

Imprint

Dedication

1. Introduction

2. Pray and Live

3. At the Threshold of God’s Time

4. Where God Dwells

5. All the Trees of the Forest Sing for Joy

6. At Home in the Psalms

Afterword: My Life with the Psalms

Acknowledgements

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__This spiritual manifesto by one of the world’s most popular Christian writers provides a guide to living and praying the Psalms that will encourage you commune with God as Jesus did.__

Tom Wright makes a passionate case for putting the Psalms back at the centre of Christian prayer and worship.

From the Introduction: 'I have decided, as a kind of thought-experiment, to order the material in three sections. The Psalms invite their singers, as they always have, to live at the crossroads of time, space and matter. This book explores what happens at this crossing-point.'

'Tom Wright is one of the great biblical commentators of our day, whose writing on the Bible will stand the test of time.'  
__Amy Boucher Pye in Woman Alive__

'In this incisive and fresh look at the book of Psalms, Wright invites us to enter an alternative world-view that the Psalms embody. Let this book lead you to the Psalms - but beware, it's the wardrobe door into a new world order.'  
__Scot McKnight__

'A characteristic blend of learning, personal insight and spiritual perception. This book will be of enormous help to Christians who want to know how to make fuller use of one of the greatest scriptural resources for prayer.'  
__Rowan Williams__

'Truly masterful.'  
__The Furrow__

The Psalms invite their singers, as they always have, to live at the crossroads of time, space and matter. This book explores what happens at this crossing-point.

A spiritual manifesto by one of the world's most popular Christian writers Shows how the Psalms can help us to connect and commune with God in the way that Jesus did Makes a passionate case for putting the Psalms back at the centre of Christian prayer and worship From the Introduction: 'I have decided, as a kind of thought-experiment, to order the material in three sections. The Psalms invite their singers, as they always have, to live at the crossroads of time, space and matter. This book explores what happens at this crossing-point.'

'A characteristic blend of learning, personal insight and spiritual perception. This book will be of enormous help to Christians who want to know how to make fuller use of one of the greatest scriptural resources for prayer.' Rowan Williams

Tom Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of over seventy books, including 'For Everyone' guides to the New Testament, the highly acclaimed series, 'Christian Origins and the Question of God', and the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Virtue Reborn, Simply Jesus, How God Became King and Creation, Power and Truth.

One of Christendom's most popular writers Tom Wright shows us how the Psalms can open up a deeper relationship with God

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Victor Jackman

Any Tom Wright book I find thought provoking and this one is the same . Take your time with it and you see the value of it to yourself.

Excellent

Karen Fletcher

I found this book excellent I have a number of book's Tom Wright and each one are extremely informative.

Finding God In The Psalms

Rosalin Hinton

This has inspired me to see the Psalms as so much more than somewhere to go and find some encouraging verses. Thoughtfully written, the product of many years of study and living with Gods word, but written in an easy to read style that' s very accessible. A book I will return to again and again.

An inspiring plea to reread the Psalms

Caroline Walshaw

This book is inspirational and has opened my eyes to using the psalms in an even more meaningful way.

Inspiring reading

The Good Book Stall

As a Tom Wright fan, and a lover of the Psalms, I came to this book with a great sense of anticipation. I could hardly put it down!

As always, Wright writes passionately and winsomely, with an invitation to embrace all of the Psalms and to put them back at the centre of our prayer and worship.

His three main sections look at the Psalms first, as they stand at the intersection of different layers of time (God's and ours); secondly, as they speak of the intersection of God's space with our space and; thirdly, as they celebrate the sheer physicality of creation. I like the way he ends the book with a chapter called 'My life with the Psalms' a reflective personal testimony, looking back at the many ways the Psalms have impacted his life.

I have underlined many 'quotable quotes' in my copy of the book, but will end with this one from his penultimate chapter. 'The Psalms speak of change, but more importantly they are agents of change: change within the humans who sing them, and change through those humans, as their transformed lives bring God's kindness and justice into the world.'

Finding God in the Psalms

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