Promises, Promises, Promises

by Eugene H. Peterson

Who can you trust?
Everybody’s making promises these “Buy this car-you’ll be _______.” “Wear these jeans-people will think you’re ______.” “Drink this―you’ll feel _______.” But who really lives up to their word? God does. And then some. He never backs off his huge claims―that He alone saves and gives you a real life, an everlasting real life. Best of all, He never exaggerates or includes fine print as escape clauses.

Looking into verses taken from The Message, check out His promises―promises that will help you handle whatever comes up in your life. So read, know, and memorize them. Because God always lives up to His Word.

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Eugene H. Peterson was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. For many years he was James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. He had written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language a contemporary translation of the Bible. After retiring from full-time teaching, Eugene and his wife Jan lived in the Big Sky Country of rural Montana. He died in October 2018.

Reviews

[Cadence Lerma]

I read the Book Promises Promises Promises by the author Eugene H. Peterson.I really liked this book because i felt as if it helped me through the past month with the different bible verses for each problem or desire that one person would be undergoing.I would only recomend this book to anyone who belives in god and his teachings sense the book is about the bible.I would recomend this book to my friend Angel V. on the gold team.I would recomend this book to him because he like me belives in god and i belive would enjoy reading this book.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not so much a book one 'reads' as it is a reference book of God's promises to us, broken down into alphabetical chapters like "friendship" and "money." It's great to have these assurances of God's grace and love for us condensed into one book. Also, I like Eugene Peterson's "The Message" translation for the purposes of meditation (not study).