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Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonaldMikee Delong

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Marriage Spirituality: Ten Disciplinesfor Couples who Love God by PaulStevens, IVP, 1989.

Marriage Spirituality is a practical and helpfulresource for calling Christian couples back to thebasics in their relationship with eachother and theirGod. Stevens, author ofMarried for Good and Lib-erating the Laity wrote the book based on insightsand experiences gained while teaching a course atRegent College on building strong marriages in thelocal church.

Stevens' foundational premise isexpressed earlyin the text: Instead of looking for God in theobviously sacred, I am inviting you to seek Him athome. He identifies specific barriers to spiritualfriendship in marriage, such as too many agendas,over familiarity, a history of mutual sin and for-giveness, unresolved problems, and fear ofintimacy.Then he illustrates how each of these roadblocks todeveloping spirituality in marriage confirm thewisdom of choosing spouses who are or can becomeour spiritual friends.

Defining marriage spirituality as simply beingintentional about the development of our relation-

ship with God through Christ as a response to hisgrace throughout our lives, the author develops tenways of breaking down the barriers. The shareddisciplines include: prayer; guided conversation;Sabbath keeping (the discipline ofworship and play);a retreat for shared solitude; study; service; sexualfasting (the onlyspecificmarital disciplinementionedin the New Testament); obedience; confession; andmutual submission.

One of the chapters I particularly enjoyed dealtwith the topic of obedience. Stevens tackles someissues he calls guidance myths forcouples. Someofthe myths he addresses include: 1) God has awonderful plan for your life together (God hassomething better than a plan; he has a purpose); 2)God'swill is normally associated with open doors ;and3)When youmake amistake, youhave togobackand start again, ifyoucan. In this chapter, he sharesan interesting principle born out of two decades ofspiritual companionship with his wife: If it is notGod'swill for both ofus, it is probably not God'swill,no matter how much one spouse believes he or shehas God'sguidance. The author asserts that Christleads married people as couples, not merely as indi-vidual husbands and wives. The discipline of obe-

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dience is a spiritual process for partners.Each chapter concludes with and opportunity to

put the discipline discussed into practice. This briefsection lends itself easily to meaningful interactionand implementation as a couple at home, in a smallgroup setting over several weeks, or as a marriageenrichment guide on a weekend retreat.

While Marriage Spirituality is not lengthy nordifficult to comprehend, it is challenging. The chal-lenge is for Christian couples togrowtogether in theLord. The ten spiritual disciplines presented in thisbook can go a long way in deepening a couple'scommitment to each other and in developing thedimension ofsharing together what ismost importantin life. Dennis Lynn

York Nebraska

Prayer: Finding The Hearts TrueHorneBy,RichardJ.Foster, Harper Collins,1992.

Once in a while a book is written that is lifechanging. You find yourself returning to it repeat-edly, highlighting something different each time.Craddock's Overhearing the Gospel is one of thosebooks forme, and nowRichard J. Foster's Prayer hasjoined it in the ''best of' section ofmylibrary. Throughits pages, Foster opens the doortoprayer muchwiderthan any other author I have read.

Foster has not written an exegesis on prayertexts or provided a how to formula. This bookwillnot tell youabout prayer; rather, its these pages willlead youinto the presence ofGod. This bookis aboutexperiencing prayer, cultivating intimacy, findingGodin everymoment and emotion. This isexpressedby the sub-title, Finding the Hearts True Home.

The greatest thing Foster brings is not his elo-quent writing style, but a sense ofthe reality ofGod.Donot charge through the reading tocompleteanotherbook; instead let the words and thoughts amplify thestirring ofyour soul. Youwill find it creates times ofsilence and celebration as you read it.

Foster characterizes prayer by directionalmovement and human need:

Moving Inward: Seeking The TransformationWe Need

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MovingUpward: Seeking The Intimacy WeNeedMovingOutward: Seeking the Ministry WeNeedUnder eachmajor heading Foster includes seven

chapters. Each chapter represents one ofthe manyfacets of prayer for the reader to explore. Whilereading these sections, the heart is stirred by theSpirit, intimacy blossoms, and prayers ofothers areheard. The writer describes prayer in its manyshades and nuances-prayer of tears, silence, andsimplicity. Even the troubled prayers ofthe forsakenare included, aswellas praise, a fewwordsofunceas-ing prayer, and some challenging calls to radicalprayer.

To be honest, reading a book that purportssomething solife changing as greater intimacy withGod is a bit intimidating. This concern is the firstthing Foster addresses, We today yearn for prayerand hide from prayer. We are attracted to it andrepelled by it. We believe prayer is something weshould do, even something we want to do, but itseems like a chasm stands between us and actuallypraying. Weexperience the agonyofprayerlessness.We are not sure what holds us back.

As Foster deals with our human dilemma aboutprayer he brings our struggle to a sense of peace.Our problem is that we assume prayer is somethingto master the way we master algebra or auto me-chanics. That puts us in the 'on-top' position, whereweare calmlyand deliberately surrender control andbecome incompetent.

What an expression of the reality of the heartstruggle When I finished Foster's first chapter Iheard him praying just what my heart was saying.

Dear Jesus how desperately I need to learn topray. And yet when I am honest I know that I oftendo not even want topray.

I am distractedI am stubbornI am self-centered

In your mercy Jesus bring my uiant-ermore inline with my need-er eo that I can come towant whatI need.

In your name and for your sake I pray. -Amen.

Brad DudleySanta Monica CA

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Celebration of Discipline by RichardFoster, Harper Collins, 1985.

When youhear the word discipline, what comesto your mind? It may conjure thought of strictness,regimentation, or even control. In this book, Cel-ebration of Discipline Richard Foster brings re-freshing, uplifting, and insightful meaning to dis-cipline in a spiritual framework. He calls the readertomove beyond surface living, thinking ofdisciplinein negative terms, into the depths. He explains thatthe disciplines are not only for 'spiritual giants' butfor ordinary human beings: people who have jobs,who care for children, who wash dishes and mowlawns.

The bookis divided into three sections. The firstsection speaks tothe disciplines ofmeditation, prayer,fasting, and study. Foster challenges the reader tolook inward and make inner transformation a goalfor one's life. He maintains that the change can comewhen one allows God to do the work.

The second section speaks ofsimplicity, solitude,submission, and service. Here one sees the mani-festation ofthe inward disciplines reflectedinoutwardbehavior. Foster explains how these disciplines areshown in one's attitude toward material possessions,in inner peace, denial of self, and looking forways toserve others.

In the third section Foster speaks ofconfession,worship, guidance, and celebration. Here he presentsthe meaning ofdiscipline in the corporate settings.

Throughout this book, Foster combines his ownoriginal thoughts with biblical writers to presentmeaningful insights. His use of scriptures keeps thefocus always on the spiritual.

A word needs to be mentioned about one of theforemost assets ofthis bookand that isits practicality,for we all live in the real world.

Written in a clear, forthright manner, the call ofFoster appears to be this-move out into the deepand experience more spiritual discipline and you,too,will celebrate the disciplined life and be blessedbecause ofit.

Barbara MeadorDallas Texas

ACenter ofQuiet by David Runcorn, IVP1990.

Ihave read anumber ofbooks (mostlybyNouwen)

that address the spiritual necessities of solitudesile~ce, and prayer. Each time I pick one up consider what Ihave read onthese topics and wonderif another bookwritten by another priest will speakto a normal guy like myself. In A Center of Quiet byDavid Runcorn, I found a user-friendly lookat thesebasics ofspiritual growth and development.

Different from many ofus who escape the speedof our day-to-day existence to finish important as-signments, Runcorn spent the summer of 1987 as ahermit in a small cabin in Switzerland with his onlyagenda being developing a more complete space forGod in his life. He was not there to write this book.

This short collection of experiences on solitudesilence, and prayer is a powerful outgrowth of threemonths ofpersonal, quiet, and secluded time beforeGod. Runcorn states, This is a book of ... markerposts ... not a blueprint ... a companion for fellowtravelers. This attitude ofnot having reached per-fection in these three disciplines spoke volumes tome, one who attempts the disciplines over and overagain with onlyminor glimpses ofcompletion.A Center of Quiet is divided into three sectionswhich address the disciplines ofsolitude, silence, andprayer. In part one, The Call to Solitude, Runcornfocuses on the importance of solitude. If no otherreason were necessary, he shows how often and howimportant solitude was to Jesus Christ. Runcornlooks at times of solitude for Jesus as punctuationmarks toministry. ThepowerofChrist's ministry, soit seems, was born out ofmany hours ofwaiting andlistening forGod'sguidance. This is definitely whereour ministries should initiate.

The second portion of this book deals with theimportance of silence. It seems that the purpose ofsilence is now seen as much for punishment as forseeking the Father. Runcorn says about this phe-nomenon with silence: We threaten our childrenwith it unless they behave. We impose it socially onpeoplewhooffendorupset us. Solitary confinement ...has been used as effective torture. Silence is vital toanyone who longs after the Father of Life becauseperiods of silence are the only times when we stoptalking long enough to listen.

Lastly, the discipline ofprayer is discussed as itrelates to our wordiness. He also looks at the im-portance of intercessory prayer where we learn topray from the heart and not from the lips. Runcornalsodiscusseshowweoftenuse our prayers to instructGodonwhat he ought tobe doing or to tell him aboutthings he already knows.

One of the more powerful aspects of this textoccurs as Runcorn challenges our viewofwhere Godis and what he is capable of doing. He states, WelookforGodin beauty but not in ugliness ...Godis not




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closer to us in church than in the supermarket ...Wemust constantly refuse the suggestion that he is 'herebut 'not there.' Recognizing the availability of ourFather is vital to any of us who believe that prayergoes beyond the roof.A Center of Quiet is avery readable, worthy workto add toyour library. Its Usefulness goesfar beyondthe reading as it adds discussion and reflection ma-terial forpersonal orclass use. This ismorethanjustanother text written by a priest; it speaks to youwherever you may be.

Doug ConderEudora Kansas

Ordering Your Private World by Gor-don MacDonald Nelson 1985.Bookstores, catalogues, bookshelves and closets

are filled with time management and organizationbooks, systems, calendars, journals, and even com-puter programs including both the secular and thespiritual. Some ofthese are well worn fromconsis-tent use,whilemost gather the dust ofgoodintentions.At first glance, Gordon MacDonald's book,OrderingYour Private World might looklike all the other timemanagement booksonthe market, but with abiblicaltwist. But this bookdefinitely deserves a closerlook.MacDonald spends little time with systems orschedules and other outward aspects of an orderlylife. He differentiates between one's outer, publicworld, which is more measurable, visible, and ex-pandable and is easiest to evaluate in terms ofsuccess, popularity, wealth, and beauty, and one'sinner world. The inner world ismore spiritual and isthe center in which choices and values can be de-termined, where solitude and reflection might bepursued, ... and where the moral and spiritualpollution of the times need not penetrate. Thisspiritual realm ofan individual's life isMacDonald'sfocus, his/her private world.

MacDonald has penned an orderly book. Eachchapter opens with a Memo to the Disorganizedwhich gives the chapter's thesis. Again, one mustremember that he is referring to a spiritual disorderrather physical, though he does note that physicalconfusion is often a symptom of a deeper spiritualchaos. He believes that tobring order to the privateworld where Christ chooses to live is to invite his


control over every segment ofone's life, and this isboth a lifelong and daily matter. He also remindsthe reader that something within-the Bible calls itsin-resists bothHis residence andallofthe resultingorder.

MacDonald divides the private world into fivesectors, and he spends several chapters on eachsector. In the first sector, Motivation, he asks thereader to consider whether he/she is called ordriven, and gives biblical examples foreach type ofmotivation. A Christ-led center will result in acalled person who understands God's mission forhis/her life, while a disordered center leads to anendless search for outward approval. Other sectorsinclude: Use ofTime, Wisdom and Knowledge,Spiritual Strength, and Restoration. MacDonald

gives practical lessons on the uses of time from thelife and work of Jesus. He notes that people spendtime in the area of their priorities. He recommendsdiscipline of the mind as well as the spirit, andsuggests that Christians ought to be the strongest,broadest, most creative thinkers in the world.MacDonald considers the human soul, a person'sspiritual identity, to be the garden of his innerworld, the place where the Spirit of God comes tomake self-disclosure, to share wisdom, and to givedirection and guidance. This garden is fragile andmust be carefully maintained with Bible study, me-diation, and prayer. He makes a careful distinctionbetween cultivation ofone's private spiritual gardenand the popular quiet time daily devotions whichemphasizes outward results of chapters read orminutes spent inprayer. He believes aprivate centerdeveloped secretly with Godcannot be reduced to asystem. Finally, anorderedcentergivesthe individualan opportunity to experience the rest which onlyresults fromharmony with God'swill.

MacDonald describes an orderly private worldwhich is biblically sound and essential to any Chris-tian who truly wants a quiet soul where Christresides in control ofhis/her life. He warns that theaverage Christian does not really seek an orderedprivate world as a top priority. He suggests thatperhaps sin entices humankind to find human ef-fectiveness through busyness, frantic programming,material accumulation, and rushing to various con-ferences, seminars, films, and special speakers. Incontrast, a center ordered by God is filled by thestrength ofGod as Holy Spirit.

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A Serious Call To A Devout And HolyLife by William Law (1728).

There are times in one's lifewhen Godreveals hissecrets in interesting ways. He brings people in andout of our lives according to his plan. His timing isperfect. The timing ofmy own journey to this bookwas an interesting one. Amember ofour congrega-tion kept referring to Winged Life by HannahHurnard, a book she was reading. I finally becameintrigued enough to seek it in the library. In it, I wasintroduced to William Law and his work called ASpirit ofLove. I then discovered itwas included inhisA serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. a one-vol-ume collection. Since I am onewhofinds it necessaryto start at the beginning and work my way through,I began reading the entire volume.

Prior to reading this work by Law, I had readseveral selections on the spiritual disciplines andfound Richard Foster's to be the most challengingand helpful. Discovering Law's bookhas brought agreater challenge. The title says it all, but the wordSerious could perhaps be replaced with Critical.Law leaves nothing unturned in calling the reader totake seriously the call to be a follower of the LordJesus Christ. Most will find the work offensivebecause ofthe severity of the call. His application ofthe Wordwillchallenge the lifestyles and thinking ofmost modern-day readers.

Lawshowshownoarea oflifeisuntouched bythehand of God. As a good Christian should considerevery place as holybecause Godis there, sohe shouldlookupon every part ofhis life as amatter ofholinessbecause it is to be offered unto God. The rules bywhich William Law livedwere strict and formidable.If we keep an open mind as we read his thoughts,there are some rich nuggets to be found, as well asveins of truth. In Chapter 24 Law gives a word ofcaution to those whomay be put off'bythe apparentstrictness of the life.

So that the whole of the matter is plainly this:Virginity,voluntary poverty, andsuchother restraintsof lawful things are not necessary to Christian per-fection but are much tobe commended in those whochoose them as helps and means of a more safe andspeedy arrival at it. It is only in this manner and inthis sense that I would recommend any particularityoflife, not as ifperfection consisted in it, but becauseofits great tendency toproduce and support the truespirit ofChristian perfection.

Though written in the 1700's, he seems to beaddressing thespirit ofour age alsowhenhecontinues,But because ofthis polite ageofourswehave solivedaway from the spirit of devotion that many seemafraid even to be suspected of it, imagining great

devotion to be great bigotry, that it is founded inignorance and poorness of spirit, and that little,weak, and dejected minds are generally the greatestproficients in it.

I highly recommend this reading and the chal-lenges it presents readers of this present age.

Jim DaltonKansas City Missouri

Disciplines for the Inner Life By, BobBenson Sr. and Michael W. Benson,Generoux Inc., Nashville, TN 37215, (615)297-5558.

Imagine having a single volume that containsthe best excerpts from 143 authors writing in 176books. Now to this add the words for 52 well knownhymns and scripture segments from almost everybook of the Bible except the minor prophets (notnoted for their devotional content anyway). This iswhat youwill find inDisciplines for the Inner Life byBobBenson, Sr. and Michael W. Benson. This bookpublished in 1989byGeneroux Inc.;P. O.Box158531;Nashville, TN;37215;(615)297-5558is acompendiumofdevotional material arranged for daily use over anentire year.

Thepurpose ofthe authors is toassemble materialthat will ... provide insight and guidance for theformation and nourishment of the inner life. Theyhavepresented this material in asystemic and orderlymanner making daily devotional use an unobtrusiveand uncomplicated process. The bookis divided into52weekly devotional guides arranged into fivemajorsections. The sections include Disciplines for theInner Journey, Obstacles to the Inner Life, Patternsfor Living Inward Graces of the Centered Life, andOutward Fruits of the Inner Life. The 52 weeklyguides cover a wide range oftopics including but notlimited toSolitude, Journalizing, Doubts, TimeMan-agement, The Beatitudes, Purity, and Compassion.

Each weekly guide opens with a prayer of invo-cation followedby a selection from the Psalms to berepeated daily for a week. Seven daily scripturesthen followthat deal with the topic ofthe week. The




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reader next finds several selections formeditation onthe weekly topic written by various authors. Thereare always more than enough selections to use adifferent one daily. The selections are excerpts fromsuch authors as John Baillie, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,Thomas A. Kempis, C. S. Lewis, Henri J. Nouwen,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, andJohn Stott amongmanyothers. A time after the selections formeditation isdesignated to engage in personal meditation. Thiswriter has foundthis tobean ideal time for reflectionand journalizing. A devotional prayer, hymn selec-tion, and Benediction conclude the weekly guides.

This bookhas been an excellent aid in developinga deeper more meaning spiritual walk and continuesto be an unequaled resource for this writer. In theintroductory section the authors state their desirethat ... this will lead you along the pathway to adeeper life in God. This book is very capable ofreaching that goal.

John L Lee

Pensees By, Blaise Pascal, trans. A. J.Krailsheimer, Penguin Books, 1966.

Blaise Pascal (b. 1623) seemed, as a youth, des-tined to make his mark in mathematics or physics.He was born to privilege. Horizontal thinkers whoenvisioned new societies based on the leadership ofcritical reason were among his conversational part-ners. He looked into the inner workings of churchand state through the critical eyesofhis father, legalofficer often at odds with Richelieu. None of hisfriends or relatives wouldhave anticipated he wouldleave thoughts behind-thoughts about human po-tential for goodand for evil, about faith and reason,about distraction, about philosophy and Christianthought, about paradox and hiddenness-whichwould grip readers in future generations.

Indeed, byhis account, it took an extraordinaryexperience to reposition his thoughts on subjects heregarded tobemuch more fundamental and difficultthan the scientific subjects that had previously pre-occupied him. His sisters, who had entered PortRoyalconventoutside Paris after their father's death,


wouldhave attributed his change toanswered prayer.The event-a carriage accident on the streets ofParis-left the socialelitist Pascal hanging betweenlifeand death. Apieceofparchment was found sewnintoPascal's clothingafter his death which recountedthe decisive experience in 1654:

From about half past ten in the eveninguntil half past midnight.Fire'GodofAbraham, Godof Isaac, Godof

Jacob,' not philosophers and scholars.Certainty, certainty, heartfelt,joy, peace.

God ofJesus Christ. God ofJesusChrist.

'MyGodand your God.' 'Thy Godshall bemy God.'The world forgotten, and everything

except God.He can onlybe found by the ways taught

in the Gospels.Greatness of the human soul.'0 righteous Father, the world had not

known thee, but I have known thee.'Joy, joy, joy, tears ofjoy.I have cut myself offfrom him.'They have forsaken me, the fountain of

living waters.''My Godwilt thou forsake me?'Let me not be cut offfrom him for ever'And this is life eternal, that they might

knowthee, the onlytrue God,andJesusChrist whom thou hast sent.'Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ

Pascal had restored tohim thejoy ofsalvation. Inhis day, he made a literary mark with hisProvincialLetters. Written under pseudonym, Pascal defendedthe fewPort Royal loyalists who, against relentlessecclesiastical and political opposition, remained fo-cused on a more a more Augustinian understandingof human nature and divine intent. However, hisprimary task was to find the wording needed to getthe attention ofhis still cabaret-distracted friends.He died (1662) before finishing this task. His vividanalysis of human nature and human reason-hepostulated that Cleopatra's nose had altered thecourse ofcivilization-was widelyrejected byhis andsubsequent generations as retaining toomuch ofthedespair about being human in traditional theologyand too little of the optimism characteristic of en-lightenment.

Inways,Pascal's defense ofbelieving in adayofskepticism appears to have differed from Locke'slater The Reasonableness if Christianity more in




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SO Leaven vol. 2 4Notes From Rest

1 Julian Morgenstern, Sabbath, Interpreter sDictionary of the Bible (New York: Abingdon, 1962),4: 135.

2 Wilfred Stott, Sabbath, Lord's Day, NewInternational Dictionary of New Testament Theology(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), pp. 405-411.

3Hans Walter Wolff, Stop Old Testamentand Christian Preaching (Philadelphia: Fortress,1986),27-38.

4 Wayne E. Oates, Your Right to Rest (Phila-delphia: Westminster, 1984), p. 29.

SWayne E. Oates, Your Right to Rest p. 25.6 Gordon MacDonald, Ordering Your Private

World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1984), p. 165. Frank Minirth, Paul Meier, Don Hawkins and

Richard Flournoy, How to Beat Burnout (Chicago:Moody, 1986), p. 105; Robert Brinsmead, This is Life(Fallbrook, CA: Verdict, 1978), pp. 45-46.

8 Hans Walter Wolff, Old Testament andChristian Preaching p. 37.9 Elton and Pauline Trueblood, The Recoveryof Family Life (New York: Harper, 1953), p. 122.

10 John Greenleaf Whittier, Dear Lord andFather of Mankind (1872).

Notes From Don t Just Do Some-thl g _

1 Quoted in David Manning White, TheAffirmation of God (New York: Macmillan PublishingCompany, 1984), p. 25.

2 Sara Park McLaughlin, Meeting God inSilence (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,1993), pp. 2-3.

3Tilden H. Edwards, Spiritual Friend,quoted in Disciplines for the Inner Life (Waco: WordBooks, 1985), pp. 47-48.

4 Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart(New York: HarperCollins Pub., 1981) pp. 45-46.

5 Quoted in Elizabeth O'Connor, Search forSilence (Waco: Word Books, 1971), p. 132.

6 Psalm 23, Antithesis, Discipleship Journal(December 1990), p. 23.

7 Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life(Portland: Multnomah Press, 1983), p. 377.

8 The Rhythm of Life (Tulsa: HarrisonHouse, Inc., 1987) p. 84.

9 Richard Roster, Celebration of Discipline(New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978), p. 86.

10 Matthew 6:611 Nurturing Silence in a Noisy Heart (New

York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1979), pp. 11-1812 Frederick William Faber, Quoted in David

Manning White, The Search for God (New York:Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983), p. 178.

13 Christian Perfection (Minneapolis: Dimen-sion books, 1975), p. 156.

14 Howard R. Macy, Rhythms of the InnerLife (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell,Company, 1988), p. 51.15Amos 4:21-23

16 Andy T. Ritchie Jr., Thou Shalt Worship theLord Thy God (Austin, Texas: Firm FoundationPublishing House, 1969), pp. 36-37.

17 Mark 1:29-39.18Larry Wishard, Jesus and Quiet Time

(Fortworth: Star Bible Publications, 1986), p. 45.19Katharina von Schlegel (b. 1697), Trans-

lated by Jane L. Borthwick (1813-1894).20 Nouwen, pp.48.21 Adapted from Oates, pp. 112-113.

Notes From A Funny Thing Hap-penedlEugene Peterson, Working The Angles p. 21Cor. 9:27.3AstoldbySam Stone, The Christian Minister p.

37.Sam Stone, The Christian Minister p. 39.5GeorgeSeldes (compiler), The Great Thoughts p.453.Richard Exley, The Rhythm of Life p. 22.Richard Exley, The Rhythm of Life p. 29.8Eugene Peterson, Working The Angles, p. 3.9Kenneth Prior, The Way of Holiness p.12.Kenneth Prior, The Way of Holiness pAlllKenneth Prior, The Way ofHoliness pp. 43-51.12Kenneth Taylor, The Disciplined Life pp. 48-

62.13Leadership Winter Quarter, 1982, p.18. Leaderehip Winter Quarter, 1982, p.25.Leaderehip Winter Quarter, 1982, p.25.

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