Peter Lewis (1)

I really enjoyed this book, as an introduction to several Puritan authors and what they had to say on some issues.

Peter gave an overview on what the Puritans had to say about preaching the word, hearing the word, and a summary of their thoughts on spiritual depression, as an example of how they as pastors dealt with issues their people had.

All three sections were good and made sense, but I particularly found the last beneficial.

I'm hoping to read some of the books he referenced in the future, and I'll keep an eye out for the mentioned authors.… (meer)

The Lord’s Prayer from a great pastor-teacher

Peter Lewis is the pastor of Cornerstone Church which my son Jonathan has been attending while studying in Nottingham. We visited once and despite the fact that is it a large church of 500 or more on a Sunday morning, he came up to us before the service and said “Jonathan, please introduce me?” The fact that he bothered, and that he remembered Jonathan’s name, made me want to read what he had to say all the more.

The book is an expanded version of a previous edition, and takes the form of 47 short chapters (which can be read in just 7 weeks at a chapter a day, which is how I did it) exploring the Lord’s Prayer, with many anecdotes from Peter Lewis’ life, which make you warm to him all the more. He talks about the Fatherhood of God, worship, discipleship, forgiveness – the whole Christian life. Just writing this makes me think I need to read it again already. Highly recommended.… (meer)