Prayers Jesus Prayed: Experiencing the Father Through the Prayers of His Son

by Timothy Paul Jones

LEARN TO PRAY AS JESUS DID--How did Jesus pray at the Temple and synagogues? How did he pray at the wedding at Cana? How can Jesus' ways of prayer help me love God more? Uniquely and creatively, Timothy Paul Jones shows us Jesus at prayer by reconstructing the Jewish prayer customs that he would have participated in and by studying Jesus’ own prayer in the New Testament. And he helps us experience God the Father more personally by appreciating and imitating the way Jesus approached him. Jesus was born a Jew and his parents raised him in a culture with a rich experience of prayer and worship. Each chapter of Prayers Jesus Prayed begins with a story about Jesus at prayer exactly as he would have according to Jewish customs and concludes with reflections that help us establish a lifestyle of prayer to God the Father.

174 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 2001

About the author

Timothy Paul Jones is an American evangelical scholar known for his work in apologetics and family ministry. He serves as the C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Family Ministry at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jones has authored influential texts defending the historical reliability of the New Testament and has promoted a model of “family-equipping ministry,” which balances family discipleship with age-specific church programs. His apologetics have evolved from evidential to presuppositional approaches, emphasizing the role of the church’s moral witness and care for the marginalized. He has been recognized for books such as Misquoting Truth, How We Got the Bible, and In Church as It Is in Heaven, the latter promoting multiethnic church communities. Jones is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and has been praised as a leading voice in engaging both secular critics and intra-faith debates. He and his wife Rayann have four adopted children.