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The Reality of Prayer

E. M. Bounds Β· 2015
82/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

E. M. Bounds wrote from the inside of a deep prayer life, not from a desk, and that lived quality comes through even across a century's distance. The fact that these are posthumous manuscripts β€” polished by editors, not Bounds himself β€” is worth knowing, but reviewers consistently find the language urgent and piercing rather than rough. For Christian readers serious about prayer, this remains a foundational text.

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