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Peterson uses eleven Psalms to move you away from selfishness and closer to God's will

Peterson uses eleven Psalms to move you away from selfishness and closer to God's will.

I have written a book for Christians, says Eugene Peterson, who want to do something about what is wrong with America . It has to do with changing the life of American society, from the inside out, through source action of prayer.

I have written a book for Christians, says Eugene Peterson, who want to do something about what is wrong with America and want to plunge into the center, not tinker at the edge. I have written to encourage Christians to pray them both as children of God with eternal destinies and as American citizens with daily responsibilities in caring for our nation.

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Eugene Hoiland Peterson (November 6, 1932 – October 22, 2018) was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary.

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Peterson is concerned with the 'unselfing' of our self-preoccupied, self-bound society through the action of. .This bold book is about changing the life of American society, from the inside out, through the "source action" of prayer.

Peterson is concerned with the 'unselfing' of our self-preoccupied, self-bound society through the action of praying together with other believers. His insightful and personally challenging reflections on eleven select psalm-prayers gathered here--together with relevant quotes from a wide spectrum of writers--can help us overcome such things as self-centeredness, self-assertiveness, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency, self-pity, self-service, and self-love.