J. Oswald Sanders (1902-1992) was born and died in New Zealand. He became the director of the China Inland Mission and in his lifetime wrote over forty books. To pastoral students his best known work is Spiritual Leadership. This book falls into the same category but the emphasis is on personal spirituality. I have always […]
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Absolute Surrender
Andrew Murray (1828-1917) was the son of a Scottish minister and a Dutch Reformed pastor. Murray was born in S. Africa and educated in Scotland. He returned to S. Africa and became a noted writer and pastor in Cape Town and Wellington. Murray was vitally connected to the Keswick meetings that espoused the Higher Life […]
Balancing the Christian Life
I first read this book years ago (and that review is already logged) but I had loaned the book to someone who decided he needed it worse than I. Eventually I obtained another copy and finally had reason to read it again. Ryrie first published the book in 1969 and it went through five printings […]
Ethics and the Christian
R.C. Sproul wrote this book (of only 94 pages) in 1983. My marks were in it from years ago but I didn’t recall reading it. As I read it I was satisfied again to be reading in the area of Christian ethics. Sproul dealt with ethics and morals, legalism and antinomianism. In these areas he […]
The Rise and Progress of Religion in the...
Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), the last of twenty children, was from a long line of British nonconformists. Doddridge was a pastor and educator and also a prolific writer, writing books and over 400 hymns, the best known being O Happy Day, and Grace! Tis a Charming Sound. This, his best known work, Charles Spurgeon often referred […]
The Secret of Success in the Christian L...
This is a paper back of about 120 pages. It seems that over the years Moody’s writings have been reprinted in various small books and many times the material is repeated in his other books. I realized while reading this book that I have read and quoted many of the passages that appear here in […]
How In This World Can I Be Holy?
Although I had read this book years ago, I have not written a review until now. In my study on walking with God I have tried to read a variety of authors from a large span of time to discover what has been said on this important topic. Lutzer was the pastor of Moody Memorial […]
The Christ-Life for the Self-Life
Frederick Brotherton Meyer (1847-1929) was a Baptist pastor and author in England, writing over 75 books and pastoring four churches in Leicester and London. While visiting America in the 1870s he became acquainted with D.L Moody and they became life-long friends. Meyer often spoke at Northfield but was also a frequent speaker in the Higher […]
Holy Spirit Power
Having been given this book by a good friend, it allowed me to continue my pursuit of books and writings that speak of walking with God. There is hardly a better place to go than to Mr. Spurgeon when thinking of walking with God, and the subject of the Holy Spirit is vital to the […]
John Ploughman’s Talk
C.H. Spurgeon had an amazing ability to speak or write to a wide variety of audiences. Among the many things that he wrote, this little book became one of the most popular among laymen. Here Spurgeon assumes the name John Bloughman and writes to the common man about common things. “Ploughman” immediately drew pictures of […]