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Devotional classics: selected readings for individuals and groups
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
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From the Book - Rev. and expanded.
Preparing for the spiritual life.
C.S. Lewis: Giving all to Christ
Dallas Willard: The cost of nondiscipleship
Jonathan Edwards: Engagement of the heart
Francis de Sales: One true devotion
John of the Cross: Purifying the soul
Bernard of Clairvaux: Four degrees of love
Francois Fenelon: A will no longer divided
St. Augustine: Complete surrender
The prayer-filled life (The contemplative tradition).
Thomas Merton: Ways of meditation
Julian of Norwich: The highest form of prayer
Henri J.M. Nouwen: Bringing solitude into our lives
George A. Buttrick: A simple regimen of private prayer
Evelyn Underhill: What do we mean by prayer?
Frank Laubach: Opening windows to God
John Baillie: Morning prayers
Martin Luther: Praying in faith
The Virtuous life (The holiness tradition).
Gregory of Nyssa: Running the race
Richard Rolle: The spiritual flame
John Calvin: the joy of self-denial
Blaise Pascal: Falling into presumption
Thomas a Kempis: Dealing with temptations
William Law: God the rule and measure
Teresa of Avila: Striving to make progress
The spirit-empowered life (The charismatic tradition).
Thomas Kelly: Becoming a holy sanctuary of adoration
Catherine of Genoa: Waiting upon God
George Fox: Walking in the power of God
Ignatius of Loyola: Movements produced in the soul
Jean-Pierre de Caussade: The present moment
Isaac Penington: Waiting for breathings from his spirit
John Bunyan: Exercising the gift
The compassionate life (The social justice tradition).
William Temple: The church's impact upon society
John Woolman: Breaking the yoke of oppression
Hannah Whitall Smith: Recovering the joy of service
Jeremy Taylor: The grace of humility
Elizabeth O'Connor: Dealing with money
John Wesley: Loving one another
Catherine of Siena: Overflowing with love
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christ in community
The Word-centered life (The evangelical tradition).
E. Stanley Jones: The habit of reading the Bible daily
Sadhu Sundar Singh: Sharing the joy with others
Francis of Assisi: A harvest of souls
Madame Guyon: Praying the scripture
John Chrysostom: Sermon on dying to sin
Charles Spurgeon: Sermon on revival
Watchman Nee: Evangelism
The sacramental life (The incarnational tradition).
G.K. Chesterton: A magical universe
Athanasius: Jesus Christ, the image of God
Annie Dillard: To see clearly
Soren Kierkegaard: Praying to will one thing
Dag Hammarskjold: To say yes
Kathleen Norris: Finding faith in the mundane
Brother Lawrence: An habitual sense of God's presence.
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9780060777500
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