ISBN - 0 85234 481 3
Devotional Life
Meditations from the Psalms of Ascents
Derek Thomas
Is the Bible able to provide answers to the struggles and difficulties facing Christians at the beginning of the twenty-first century? Does it have anything realistic and genuinely helpful to say to those who are feeling jaded in their spiritual lives as a result of the stresses and pressures of life in a modern world? Derek Thomas gives a resounding ‘yes’ in response to these questions.
By leading his readers through fifteen meditations on the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 – 134), Dr Thomas shows them that Word of God is a rich resource, full of the practical wisdom needed to meet the challenges of life in the home, at work, in the community and at worship.
This book will assist Christians in
· Restoring a vital relationship of worship and communion with God;
· Establishing the daily discipline of reading the Scriptures;
· Developing the habit of meditating on the Word of God and prayer;
· Keeping a journal which helps to apply the teaching of Scripture and records one’s spiritual progress
In these pages you will find a carefully researched two-week programme designed to help you reshape and re-discipline a daily time of Bible study, meditation and prayer.
From the Foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson
There are more than enough books today ostensibly on Christian spirituality which rely heavily on writers who think the Reformation was a mistake or who draw more from the wells of experience than from Scripture. Derek Thomas has given us a book on the spiritual life of a Christian that is theologically sound, biblically based, God-centred, workable and readable.
Donald S. Whitney
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, Missouri
USA
Dr Derek Thomas holds a PhD in Calvin’s preaching on Job and is Associate Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi. He is also Dean of Chapel. At the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, he is Minister of Teaching. Dr Thomas has written other titles published by Evangelical Press; these are commentaries on Job, Isaiah and Ezekiel in the Welwyn Series as well as Help for hurting Christians and Serving the King.