The Heart in Pilgrimage

Leland Ryken (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2022
Crossway Books (Verlag)
978-1-4335-7779-6 (ISBN)

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Literary expert Leland Ryken introduces 50 of the best devotionals from church history, each with an analysis and a corresponding scripture passage to help readers understand and appreciate the literary beauty and spiritual truths they contain.

A Beautiful Collection of 50 Classic Devotionals

Christians throughout the ages have written devotionals as a way to bend their souls toward God and teach about him, communicating rich truths and encouraging readers to grow in grace and godliness. In this collection of 50 devotionals and creeds by figures such as Augustine, John Calvin, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, literary expert Leland Ryken introduces readers to insightful selections of their classic writings. Each entry contains a devotional passage from a historical figure, analysis by Ryken, and a concluding Bible passage that sums up the devotional passage and its analysis. Literary-inclined readers and first-time devotional readers alike will relish this one-of-a-kind anthology carefully compiled to help them encounter God in fresh ways.

Written by Leland Ryken: A literary expert with over 50 years of teaching experience
Perfect for Daily Devotions: With a ribbon marker to keep your place in the book, each entry includes a historical devotional passage, analysis by Ryken, and a concluding Bible passage
Features 50 Devotionals and Creeds from Church History: Features writers such as John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, George MacDonald, Thomas à Kempis, Jane Austen, and J. I. Packer

Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly fifty years. He served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible and has authored or edited over sixty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible.

Editor’s Introduction

1. Finding Rest for Our Restless Heart: Augustine
2. How Jesus Is Our Hero: Gerard Manley Hopkins
3. Exhortation to Christlike Living: Florence Nightingale
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls: John Donne
5. Communing with God through Nature: George Washington Carver
6. Preface to Galatians: Martin Luther
7. Waiting on God: Andrew Murray
8. The Foundational Principles of the Christian Life: The Westminster and Heidelberg Catechisms
9. The Imitation of Christ: Thomas à Kempis
10. Two Prayers: Samuel Johnson
11. Jesus Our Guide and Guardian: John Henry Newman
12. Bidding Prayer: Lessons and Carols
13. True and Substantial Wisdom: John Calvin
14. What Christians Believe: The Apostles’ Creed
15. Following the Steps of the Master: Harriet Beecher Stowe
16. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: William Law
17. Practicing the Presence of God: Brother Lawrence
18. The Saints’ Everlasting Rest: Richard Baxter
19. What Makes the Bible the Greatest Book: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
20. Holy Living: Jeremy Taylor
21. Earthly and Divine Beauty: Jonathan Edwards
22. The Morning Prayer: The Book of Common Prayer
23. Reflections on the Supreme Loveliness of Christ: Dostoyevsky, Edwards, and Watson
24. On Loving God: Bernard of Clairvaux
25. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment: Jeremiah Burroughs
26. Nature as God’s Signpost: Nathaniel Hawthorne
27. Thoughts on the Mission and Greatness of Jesus: Blaise Pascal
28. Holy Dying: Jeremy Taylor
29. Trusting and Praising God in Extremity: William Bradford
30. Evening Prayer: Jane Austen
31. What the Bible Means to a Believer: The Geneva Bible and King James Version
32. The Almost Christian: John Wesley
33. The Estate of Marriage: Martin Luther
34. Death as a Welcome Sleep: John Donne
35. Morning and Evening: Charles Spurgeon
36. The Mystery of Providence: John Flavel
37. The Believer’s New Name: George MacDonald
38. Reflections on Mortality and Immortality: The Prayer Book’s Burial Service
39. The World as the Theater of God’s Glory: John Calvin
40. Holiness: J. C. Ryle
41. Death Is the Gate of Life: Lilias Trotter
42. Three Puritan Exhortations to Remember God’s Visitations: Bunyan, Baxter, and Pringle
43. A Believer’s Last Day Is His Best Day: Thomas Brooks
44. Charity and Its Fruits: Jonathan Edwards
45. Reflections on Providence: The Westminster Confession and Heidelberg Catechism
46. The Pursuit of God: A. W. Tozer
47. The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful: George Whitefield
48. Edification from Last Wills and Testaments: Shakespeare, Park, and Keayne
49. All Things Shall Be Well: Julian of Norwich
50. Knowing God: J. I. Packer

Notes on Sources
Person Index
Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2022
Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	488 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	1-4335-7779-8 / 1433577798
ISBN-13	978-1-4335-7779-6 / 9781433577796
Zustand	Neuware