Author: Gordon, S.D.
Genre: Christian Living
Tags: Christian Living / Cross / Discipleship
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Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936) was a Christian layman who worked extensively with the YMCA and became a well-known speaker and writer. He is best known for his “Quiet Talks” books. This is the first I’ve read and it is an enjoyable read. It is very much like having an evening talk with him over the subject.
The apostle Paul described the Corinthian believers as those who were “behaving like mere men” (1 Cor. 3:3). We have been thinking about the Christian walk and the word “behaving” is the normal word for “walking” (peripateo means “to walk around”_. How was it that they walked as “mere” men? We are told that they […]
Learning to walk involves many necessary actions: balance, falling, turning, and direction. The Christian walk also involves many actions including turning, eating, talking, learning, and many more. I believe one of the neglected areas of our walk involves the junctions (turnings) in the road. A fork in the road with various options still allows you […]
The most common description of the believer’s life in the New Testament is the word “walk.” The word appears, in relation to the believer, almost 200 times. It is used in negative connotations such as, “when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries” (1 Peter 4:3); in descriptions of the […]