Soul of Prayer

The worst sin, P.T. Forsyth contends, is not doubt or disbelief but prayerlessness: the refusal to commune with the divine. This profound volume approaches prayer not as a religious exercise to be perfected but as the very breath of the soul's relationship with God. Forsyth, a towering figure in early 20th-century British theology, brings his considerable intellectual powers to bear on what is ultimately an intimate spiritual matter, revealing prayer as the arena where human weakness meets divine grace. Part theology, part spiritual counsel, Soul of Prayer examines why prayer is so difficult, so often fruitless, and yet so essential. Forsyth challenges easy answers andcomfortable assumptions, offering instead a vision of prayer that demands everything and gives everything in return. His writing carries the weight of a man who has wrestled with the silence of God and found, in that wrestling, something like faith renewed. For anyone who has ever stood before the throne of grace and found it empty, or who has wondered whether prayer changes anything at all, this book is an invitation to pray more deeply, more honestly, more-transformatively.