Passion, Power and Praise: A Model for Men's Spirituality from the Life of David »

As a result of the changing cultural images of manhood-from the Lone Ranger to Ward Cleaver, right on to Alan Alda and Jerry Seinfeld-many men are searching for new ways to understand themselves and their relationships with others, struggling to grow into the fullness of life that they deeply desire but have not yet found.

Passion, Power, and Praise describes a vision of male spirituality that is modeled by God's relationship with David-the hero-king of biblical history who ruled over Israel and Judah a thousand years before the birth of Christ-and is fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, often called the "son of David."

James A. Harnish is convinced that men will not find the meaning of their manhood in their favorite TV show, by scanning the men's magazines in the airport bookstore, or by poking around in the narrow confines of their own subjective spiritual experience. Men will find their "new vision of manhood," he says, by discovering the creative purpose and redemptive action of God that is revealed in the story of God's covenant relationship with humanity in Scripture and made flesh in Jesus Christ. The author's hope is that as men see the way God was at work in the life of David, they will discover new ways in which God may be at work in their lives and will be led to a life filled with robust passion, spiritual power, and joyful praise.

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