While there are many devotionals available for today’s Christian, and many good ones at that, sometimes it is helpful to read a new one—from a different perspective. Thirsty-hearted believers will be fed by the Spirit through John R. MacDuff’s thirty-one devotionals on The Mind of Christ.
You will be repeatedly impressed with MacDuff’s saintliness, breadth of biblical knowledge, and his spiritual discernment and warmth—and his flaming passion for the Lord Jesus Christ. Here was a man of God who was spiritually alive and possessed a keen mind. His ministry to the Church was spent in stimulating believers—through voice and pen—to aspire to be transformed into the likeness of Christ.
Read this classic and be challenged—and changed—by the Holy Spirit!
John R. MacDuff (1818-1895) was a pastor and prolific devotional and hymn writer in the Scottish tradition. Multiplied thousands of Christians have profited greatly by his writings over the past century.
Ralph I. Tilley is a retired pastor, who also served as editor of Life in the Spirit journal for 20 years; he has taught at the Bible college, university, and seminary levels.
John Ross MacDuff was born May 23, 1818 in Bonhard, Scotland. He died at his home in Chislehurst, Kent, England on April 30, 1895. John Ross MacDuff was a Presbyterian minister and a prolific writer of excellent Christian books and materials. He was especially known for the practical, poetic, and devotional qualities of his work. He was also a published poet and hymn writer. John Ross MacDuff had Doctor of Divinity Degrees from the University of Glasgow and the University of New York. He served as a pastor for many years in several churches, including the Church of Scotland.
One of the hymns John Ross MacDuff wrote the words for was Christ Is Coming! - Published in 1853.
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