Spent a great time away yesterday - over 10 hours - at Westwood Christian Centre - a wonderful place for a retreat that I can highly recommend, and just outside Huddersfield! I was able to gaze out regularly at the landscape here pictured, and to walk in it! It was not all quiet reflection though, but hard graft as I spent time praying about and planning for the next few …
I wonder if any of my blog readers can help me. You may well know what it is, especially if you are a preacher, to feel that you are about to get hold of an aspect of truth that is going to prove vital and powerful (as truth is!) but you haven’t quite grasped it yet! You know that you are searching for gold, for hidden treasure, but you are still in the process of sifting the dirt! Recently I have felt God has begun to show me something about worship, praise …
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The Normal Christian Life: Incorporating 'Sit Walk Stand'
Excellent and challenging book by Watchman Nee about truths that enable a victorious Christian life, and excellent little book based on Ephesians about the life of faith
The Spire
Influential novel I read at school about the building of Salisbury Cathedral with telling insights into human nature and religion
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Excellent book on the Holy Spirit, especially at understanding his role from the perspective of the end times
Partly Right
By Tony Campolo, the full title reads 'We have met the enemy and they are Partly Right' and this great book teaches us that there are some insights into God's truth out there in the world and we should beware being dismissive and confrontational.
Living Gods Way: Nurishment for New Believers
Together with its sequel, this book by Arthur Wallis helped me and many others get started building on a good foundation for the Christian life
No Place for Truth: Or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology
The first in series of four books analysing contemporary Western society and loss of theological substance in the church to meet the issues. Good on analysis, but weak on response.
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery: An Encyclopedia Exploration of the Images, Symbols, Motifs, Metaphors, Figures of Speech, Literary Patterns and Univer
The best reference book I have on my shelves
The Knowledge of the Holy (Authentic Classics)
A devotional classic on knowing God and understanding his attributes
The Pursuit of God
One of the most significant books I've read, it makes you more hungry for God
New Issues Facing Christians Today
A sound and sensible book on thinking about social issues from a Christian perspective
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