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Mark echoes12/18/2023 ![]() I wouldn't go as far as Karris goes in limiting an "uncontrolling" (that term and concept from Thomas Jay Oord) God's ability to act and answer. I have witnessed and experienced miraculous answers to prayer during my life. Prayer isn't controlling God and a God of love isn't about controlling others. This one adds to the genre a balance to those who teach we can basically "tell" God what to do, claim the answer, and God will do it. Saturated in it as a child growing up on a church pew and in prayer meetings as a preacher's kid. I have been involved with prayer my whole life. I have witnessed and experienced miraculous answers to prayer during my lif Divine Echoes is worth reading. Rich with theological wisdom and enormously practical, Divine Echoes reveals a revolutionary model of petitionary prayer that Karris refers to as "conspiring prayer." Filled with real-life examples and case studies, this book will inform and equip both individuals and churches to pray transformative and subversive prayers that will increase God's shalom in the world.moreĭivine Echoes is worth reading. ![]() Is petitionary prayer an archaic and superstitious practice better left for old-time religious folk? Is there a more effective method of praying that doesn't put all the responsibility on God? Theologian, therapist, and ordained pastor Mark Karris offers a first-of-a-kind book that explores petitionary prayer alongside theodicy, social justice, and personal moral responsibility. Can we engage in prayer that is more effective, less harmful, and doesn't make God look bad? Is petitionary prayer an archaic and superstitious practice better left for old-time religious folk? Is there a more effective method of praying that doesn't put all the responsibility on God? Theologian, therapist, and ordained pastor Mark Karris offers a first-of-a-kind book that Can we engage in prayer that is more effective, less harmful, and doesn't make God look bad?
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