2020 Summer Reads
Dr. Robert Jeffress is Senior Pastor of the 14,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas and a Fox News contributor. He is also an adjunct professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Jeffress has made more than two thousand guest appearances on various radio and television programs and regularly appears on major mainstream media outlets such as Fox News channel’s Fox and Friends, The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Varney and Co., and Judge Jeanine; ABC’s Good Morning America; and HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
Dr. Jeffress hosts a daily radio program, Pathway to Victory, that is heard nationwide on over 800 stations in major markets such as Dallas-Fort Worth, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Houston, and Seattle. His weekly television program can be seen in 195 countries and on 11,283 cable and satellite systems throughout the world, including China, and on the Trinity Broadcasting Network and Daystar.
Dr. Jeffress is the author of over twenty books, including Choosing the Extraordinary Life, When Forgiveness Doesn’t Make Sense, Countdown to the Apocalypse, and Not All Roads Lead to Heaven. Dr. Jeffress recently led his congregation in the completion of a $135 million re-creation of its downtown campus. The project is the largest in modern church history and serves as a “spiritual oasis” covering 6 blocks of downtown Dallas.
Dr. Jeffress has a DMin from Southwestern Babtist Theological Seminary, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a BS from Baylor University. In May 2010 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from Dallas Baptist University, and in June 2011 he received the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Jeffress and his wife, Amy, have two daughters, Julia and Dorothy, and a Son-in-law, Ryan Sadler.
We are going through some very ugly, confusing, and dangerous times in our country right now. Little by little God has been taken out of the hearts and minds of many Americans. The political climate is so far removed from that which our founding fathers had intended; the Biblical principles that this country was founded on are being trampled. It is more important than ever for Christians and non Christians alike to recognize that we must pray for our country, and for our leadership, both on the national and local levels. Prayer is so important that President Abraham Lincoln back on March 30, 1863 issued a proclamation appointing a national day of fasting and prayer. He recognized that as a nation we had forgotten God. Today we also need restoration in the United States of America, and there is no better time than now to pray for that restoration!
Praying for America, the recently published book by Pastor Jeffress, will serve as a wonderful resource of encouragement, and may inspire you to action. There are so many needs in our country, so many things to pray for; where to begin may seem elusive and overwhelming. This book provides the reader with 40 inspiring stories, 40 thought provoking prayers, and 40 Scriptures which biblically ground each prayer. The power of faith is demonstrated in each chapter, and may provide the reader with hope and reassurance in these divided times that we find ourselves living in. Dr. Jeffress leads the charge to pray for our country with this timely book, and I trust that it will be a wonderfully inspiring help to those who want God to bring healing to the United States of America!
