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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (17 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340909080
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340909089
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 142,282 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest, insightful and inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey, a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning, challenging, lamenting the unexplainable and rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world.

PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing?

Focusing on such a universal theme, this is potentially Yancey's biggest book yet. To date, his books have sold over 14 million copies, and have been translated into 25 languages. His first book with Hodder, SOUL SURVIVOR, sold over 90,000 copies in just five years.



About the Author
A former journalist and writer by vocation, Yancey has written for a wide variety of magazines, including Reader's Digest and Christianity Today. Over the past three decades, Yancey has written more than 20 books, including Soul Survivor, Finding God in Unexpected Places, When Life Hurts, What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The long journey into prayer, 11 Mar 2007
By Yossarian (London) - See all my reviews
Yancey is, as always, concise and honest. Honesty is one of the trademarks of Yancey's writing, and you need a fair chunk of that when researching prayer. He acknowledges it's hard for most of us to pray, my favourite line: 'It's more important to God that you 'show up' than what you actually pray'.

In my long journey into prayer, this book helped me feel more 'normal'. He deals with all the problems I face. Very encouraging, made me want to keep on going.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The questions we all wanted answered., 29 Aug 2006
By Mr. Gary L. Youens "Gary Youens" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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Philip Yancey is a master at his work. Never does he offer a neat solution, but instead something more valuable; honest, sincere and real life reference. Pray is a language that not one of us is fluent, yet as father longs to hear the babbles of his new born child, so God is delighted that we approach with our requests. We might seldom get what we desires, however, we will get something much more valuable: God Himself. This is a book for those who wonder 'why bother praying?'.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed with Yancey, 25 Jul 2007
By Geoffrey Turner "listener" (West Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I've appreciated other books by Philip Yancey - especially "Disappointed With God" and "The Jesus I Never Knew" because he didn't duck the awkward questions but asked them and tried honestly to answer them. With this volume, he doesn't address some of the really difficult questions about prayer (human freewill; response to some prayers but not others)and in his answers to the questions he does ask, he drops into "standard response" mode - platitudes that don't offer the answers - if they did, we wouldn't need a book like this. Good as far as it goes but that's all - I got more from a brief essay by CS Lewis in an Appendix to "Miracles" - On "Special Providences" that offers a very short but clear and logical discussion of prayer
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5.0 out of 5 stars A gold mine of inspiration and insight
This is the first book I'd read by Phillip Yancey, and it's an excellent and recommended introduction to his writing, but more importantly a studied, thoughtful and accesible... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Yes it does!
Philip Yancey is an accomplished and forthright Christian writer; he never pulls his punches and always provides plenty of food for thought. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Binro The Heretic

5.0 out of 5 stars A thought provoking read
I thought this was an excellent book, Yancey shows a real understanding of the problems and confusions people have about prayer. Read more
Published 6 months ago by elspeth

5.0 out of 5 stars It certainly made a difference to me!
This is mt first Philip Yancey book and I`ve been devouring it in any spare moments I get; on the train, waiting in lines, even on the toilet! Read more
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This book on Prayer was the first book by the author that I have started to read. It was given to me as a gift and I had no particular questions or problems with prayer when I... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Uplifting
Philip Yancey is a credible spiritual/Christian writer with a number of uplifting and inspiring books to his credit. Read more
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