Gregory Spencer, professor of communications at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, is a writer I wasn’t familiar with but the title of his book intrigued me. When I glanced at the contents, I knew I wanted to read the book; discernment, innocence, authenticity, modesty, reverence, contentment, and generosity. I thought that Spencer was fairly […]
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God Who Is Our Master
It is overwhelming for the human mind to try to contemplate God. “For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counselor?” (Rom. 11:34). “Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing he judgeth those that are high” (Job 21:22). Yet Solomon advised his son to seek the knowledge of God: My […]
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
William Law (1686-1761) was an English churchman and juror who followed the era of Richard Baxter and lived in the days and knew personally the Wesleys, William Wilberforce and Samuel Johnson. Law was a supporter of the Stuarts, especially James II, believing in their divine right to the throne. When their reign ended during the […]
Cultivation of Christian Character
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 […]
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 […]
The Surrendered Life
Handley C.G. Moule (1841-1920), and evangelical Anglican, succeeded Brooke Foss Westcott as the bishop of Durham. I have read many small books on sanctification and holiness and have even thrown many away. This, however, is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. Why does it seem that the older writers have a way […]
Power from on High
In reading a number of smaller books on walking with God I’ve tried to read a variety of authors. Finney is not very appreciated in our day in that many blame him for the laxity in the progressive side of evangelicalism. There is no doubt that Finney believed in a holiness doctrine of a second […]
Made Right But Broken
When we think about our walk with God, it is important to remember both our position in Christ and our relationship with Christ. Salvation makes us secure in our position: “We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all” (Heb. 10:10). But our walk with God is a matter of […]
The Saints’ Everlasting Rest
Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Presbyterian Puritan though moderate in his Calvinistic views. Baxter was a theologian, pastor and prolific writer. The Saints’ Everlasting Rest is one of his better known works that have remained popular. The book was originally published in 1650 and consisted of eight hundred thousand words but was later abridged […]
Can We Walk With God?
One has only to read the Scripture to know that a believer should walk with God. “That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory” (1 Thes. 2:12). “As ye have therefore received Jesus Christ the Lord, so walk ye in him” (Col. 2:6). “If we live in […]