Trade Paperback
108 pages
Jan 2004
Author House

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Book Jacket:

Over the past several years a deluge of books, study guides, and videos related to the Jabez prayer phenomenon have flooded the religious book market. The vast majority of these products have been very favorable toward Bruce Wilkinson’s approach to the Jabez prayer, touting it as an indispensable tool for success in Christian ministry. Although a number of articles criticizing The Prayer of Jabez have been written during this time, besides the present volume, very few longer evaluations of Wilkinson’s Jabez claims have been published to date. Moreover, though these publications contain valuable insights, they fail to correctly identify and/or adequately spell out some of the most fundamental problems with Wilkinson’s view of the Jabez prayer. Instead, the criticisms in these books are partly misdirected, often incomplete, and occasionally uncharitable. Matthew Power’s The Prayer of Jabez and Christian Spirituality provides the discerning reader with a book-length assessment of Wilkinson’s Jabez teachings that is serious, substantive, and balanced. Combining careful analysis with proper sensitivity, incisive yet fair, Power’s penetrating examination informs the reader concerning both the merits and the pitfalls of Wilkinson’s Jabez formula from the perspective of a biblically-informed spirituality.