I think I can safely say that it seems that the Dummies books have gone a little overboard, and I think that the book shown here is proof of that.
Lets start with an example of how you learn something new. How did we all learn the English language (some better than others, my grammar is not always the best) we learned by being immersed in it. We did not know it as children, but after listening to other people speak it over and over and over again, what did we learn. We learned how to but a sentence together. I did not have to teach my children how to ask me for junk food. They learned all on their own how to do that. Now what do you think is a good way to learn how to pray.
How about you immerse yourself into it. Say by going to a church that prays, joining a small group Bible study that prays and learning by example. The same way you learned to talk to other people. You learned to talk to other people that way, why not learn how to talk to God that way.
I also don't like the titles of these books. The title itself implies that you are a Dummy and need some great insight on how to pray. How about the reading the Bible instead of a Dummies book. How about Matthew 6:5-15, Jesus show us how to pray right there in the Lords Prayer. Is this the only way to pray, heavens no however it shows us how to pray.
1 Peter 3:7 and James 4:3-4 tell us how are prayers can be hindered. Philippians 4:6 tells us how to present our requests to God. I am sure there are many more passages that speak to prayer these are only a few of the ones that I found by doing research in the Bible in the last 10 minutes or so. I don't need a Dummies book, I need the Bible and I need some good teaching from the church. Sure there is much more that I myself can learn about prayer, but I need to get that knowledge and teaching from the proper sources. Not a Dummies book.
2 comments:
Big rounds of applause, this book is absurd, although I must admit now I am dying to see what it says.
Do they sell a "Homeschooling While Keeping Your House Clean and Not Losing Your Sanity For Dummies"? If so, buy me a carton full of them.
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Aduladi" How can you give applause and call a book absurd and not have even opened the front cover. I would hope that you would thumb through it to see what it was about. I am a pastor and have used this book extensively in small group study with new Christians. It has been very helpful in helping them understand the concept and practice of Christian prayer.
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