This anthology brings you some of the greatest spiritual classics of all time. These have been recommended by leaders and teachers such as Dallas Willard and Richard Foster and will greatly strengthen your spiritual walk. They span over 1500 years and reveal the spiritual disciplines and experiences of giants in the faith. They are presented in chronological order, starting with the most recent first.
Includes the full text of:
1. DEEPER EXPERIENCES OF FAMOUS CHRISTIANS - J. Gilchrist Lawson
2. ABSOLUTE SURRENDER - Andrew Murray
3. HUMILITY - Andrew Murray
4. THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE - A B Bruce
5. JESUS THE MESSIAH - Alfred Edersheim
6. GOD’S WAY OF HOLINESS – Horatius Bonar
7. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES FINNEY - Charles Finney
8. LECTURES ON REVIVALS OF RELIGION - Charles Finney
9. A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE PREVAILING RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF PROFESSED CHRISTIANS - William Wilberforce
10. A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN PERFECTION – John Wesley
11. A SERIOUS CALL TO A DEVOUT AND HOLY LIFE – William Law
12. NO CROSS, NO CROWN - William Penn
13. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MADAME JEANNE GUYON - Jeanne Guyon
14. GEORGE FOX: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - George Fox
15. THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
16. THE GOSPEL MYSTERY OF SANCTIFICATION - Walter Marshall
17. THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING – Jeremy Taylor
18. INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
19. THE INTERIOR CASTLE – Saint Teresa of Avila
20. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA - St Ignatius of Loyola
21. THE IMITATION OF CHRIST – Thomas A Kempis
22. THE HOLY RULE OF ST. BENEDICT - Saint Benedict
23. THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
24. LIFE OF ST. ANTONY
25. FINNEY’S SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY - Charles Finney
Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471)
Was a canon regular of the late medieval period and the most probable author of The Imitation of Christ, which is one of the best known Christian books on devotion. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken and Thomas Hämerken.His first tenure of office as subprior was interrupted by the exile of the community from Agnetenberg (1429). A dispute had arisen in connection with an appointment to the vacant See of Utrecht. Pope Martin V rejected the nomination of Bishop-elect Rudolf van Diepholt, and imposed an interdict. The Canons remained in exile in observance of the interdict until the question was settled (1432). During this time, Thomas was sent to Arnhem to care for his ailing brother. He remained there until his brother died November, 1432. Thomas spent his time between devotional exercises, composition, and copying. He copied the Bible no fewer than four times,[3] one of the copies being preserved at Darmstadt, Germany in five volumes. In its teachings he was widely read and his works abound in Biblical quotations, especially from the New Testament.
Thomas a Kempis was a late Medieval Catholic monk and probable author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian books on devotion.
His writings are all of a devotional character and include tracts and meditations, letters, sermons, a life of Saint Lydewigis, a Christian woman who remained steadfast under a great stress of afflictions, and biographies of Groote, Radewijns, and nine of their companions. Works similar in content to the Imitation of Christ, and pervaded by the same spirit, are his prolonged meditation on the life and blessings of the Savior and another on the Incarnation. Both of these works overflow with adoration for Christ.
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