Experience a Lifelong Conversation with the Living GodIt's a life-changing conversation when you stop to think about it: Prayers and promises are your precious words to God, and God's to you! With the Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible you'll discover how the Bible teaches you to pray in each circumstance you face and what special promises God has for you in each situation. And, you'll be encouraged by the examples of those who prayed in the Old and New Testaments.In Prayers & Promises of the Bible you'll learn about topics such as:How to PrayPrayers in the BibleTrusting GodWhat God PromisesDifferent Types of PrayerHow God Answers PrayerThe Nature of God's PromisesSmart Guide to the Bible is a series of simplified commentaries designed to uncomplicate God's word for everyday Bible readers. Every page contains handy features or learning aids like these:cross-references to other Scripturesbrief commentaries from expertspoints to ponderthe big picture of how passages fit with the entire Biblepractical tips for applying biblical truths to lifesimple definitions of key words and conceptsinteresting maps, charts, and illustrationswrap-ups of each biblical passagestudy questionsWhether you're new to the Bible, a long-time student of Scripture, or somewhere in between, you'll appreciate the many ways The Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible goes far beyond your typical Bible study tool. The practical, relevant helps on each page lead you to get the most out of God's word.

Experience a Lifelong Conversation with the Living God

It''s a life-changing conversation when you stop to think about it: Prayers and promises are your precious words to God, and God''s to you! With the Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible you''ll discover how the Bible teaches you to pray in each circumstance you face and what special promises God has for you in each situation. And, you''ll be encouraged by the examples of those who prayed in the Old and New Testaments.

In Prayers & Promises of the Bible you''ll learn about topics such as:

How to PrayPrayers in the BibleTrusting GodWhat God PromisesDifferent Types of PrayerHow God Answers PrayerThe Nature of God''s Promises

Smart Guide to the Bible is a series of simplified commentaries designed to uncomplicate God''s word for everyday Bible readers. Every page contains handy features or learning aids like these:

cross-references to other Scripturesbrief commentaries from expertspoints to ponderthe big picture of how passages fit with the entire Biblepractical tips for applying biblical truths to lifesimple definitions of key words and conceptsinteresting maps, charts, and illustrationswrap-ups of each biblical passagestudy questions

Whether you''re new to the Bible, a long-time student of Scripture, or somewhere in between, you''ll appreciate the many ways The Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible goes far beyond your typical Bible study tool. The practical, relevant helps on each page lead you to get the most out of God''s word.

 

“Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics.”—Flannery O’ConnorFlannery O’Connor’s work has been described as “profane, blasphemous, and outrageous.” Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives are punctuated by horror and sudden violence. But perhaps the most shocking thing about Flannery O’Connor’s fiction is the fact that it is shaped by a thoroughly Christian vision. If the world she depicts is dark and terrifying, it is also the place where grace makes itself known. Her world—our world—is the stage whereon the divine comedy plays out; the freakishness and violence in O’Connor’s stories, so often mistaken for a kind of misanthropy or even nihilism, turn out to be a call to mercy.In this biography, Jonathan Rogers gets at the heart of O’Connor’s work. He follows the roots of her fervent Catholicism and traces the outlines of a life marked by illness and suffering, but ultimately defined by an irrepressible joy and even hilarity. In her stories, and in her life story, Flannery O’Connor extends a hand in the dark, warning and reassuring us of the terrible speed of mercy.

Experience a Lifelong Conversation with the Living GodIt's a life-changing conversation when you stop to think about it: Prayers and promises are your precious words to God, and God's to you! With the Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible you'll discover how the Bible teaches you to pray in each circumstance you face and what special promises God has for you in each situation. And, you'll be encouraged by the examples of those who prayed in the Old and New Testaments.In Prayers & Promises of the Bible you'll learn about topics such as:How to PrayPrayers in the BibleTrusting GodWhat God PromisesDifferent Types of PrayerHow God Answers PrayerThe Nature of God's PromisesSmart Guide to the Bible is a series of simplified commentaries designed to uncomplicate God's word for everyday Bible readers. Every page contains handy features or learning aids like these:cross-references to other Scripturesbrief commentaries from expertspoints to ponderthe big picture of how passages fit with the entire Biblepractical tips for applying biblical truths to lifesimple definitions of key words and conceptsinteresting maps, charts, and illustrationswrap-ups of each biblical passagestudy questionsWhether you're new to the Bible, a long-time student of Scripture, or somewhere in between, you'll appreciate the many ways The Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible goes far beyond your typical Bible study tool. The practical, relevant helps on each page lead you to get the most out of God's word.

Experience a Lifelong Conversation with the Living God

It''s a life-changing conversation when you stop to think about it: Prayers and promises are your precious words to God, and God''s to you! With the Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible you''ll discover how the Bible teaches you to pray in each circumstance you face and what special promises God has for you in each situation. And, you''ll be encouraged by the examples of those who prayed in the Old and New Testaments.

In Prayers & Promises of the Bible you''ll learn about topics such as:

How to PrayPrayers in the BibleTrusting GodWhat God PromisesDifferent Types of PrayerHow God Answers PrayerThe Nature of God''s Promises

Smart Guide to the Bible is a series of simplified commentaries designed to uncomplicate God''s word for everyday Bible readers. Every page contains handy features or learning aids like these:

cross-references to other Scripturesbrief commentaries from expertspoints to ponderthe big picture of how passages fit with the entire Biblepractical tips for applying biblical truths to lifesimple definitions of key words and conceptsinteresting maps, charts, and illustrationswrap-ups of each biblical passagestudy questions

Whether you''re new to the Bible, a long-time student of Scripture, or somewhere in between, you''ll appreciate the many ways The Smart Guide to the Bible: Prayers & Promises of the Bible goes far beyond your typical Bible study tool. The practical, relevant helps on each page lead you to get the most out of God''s word.

 

“Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics.”—Flannery O’ConnorFlannery O’Connor’s work has been described as “profane, blasphemous, and outrageous.” Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives are punctuated by horror and sudden violence. But perhaps the most shocking thing about Flannery O’Connor’s fiction is the fact that it is shaped by a thoroughly Christian vision. If the world she depicts is dark and terrifying, it is also the place where grace makes itself known. Her world—our world—is the stage whereon the divine comedy plays out; the freakishness and violence in O’Connor’s stories, so often mistaken for a kind of misanthropy or even nihilism, turn out to be a call to mercy.In this biography, Jonathan Rogers gets at the heart of O’Connor’s work. He follows the roots of her fervent Catholicism and traces the outlines of a life marked by illness and suffering, but ultimately defined by an irrepressible joy and even hilarity. In her stories, and in her life story, Flannery O’Connor extends a hand in the dark, warning and reassuring us of the terrible speed of mercy.