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A Quest for Godliness — April 15, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. There are lessons for us in their passion for effective action. Though the Puritans, like the rest…
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A Quest for Godliness – February 12, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. There are lessons for us in the [Puritans’] quality of their spiritual experience. In the Puritans’ communion…
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A Quest for Godliness – February 5, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. As their [the Puritans] Christianity was all-embracing, so their living was all of a piece. Nowadays we…
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A Prayer from The Valley of Vision
The Deeps Lord Jesus, Give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach; Help me chastely to flee it, and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in thee, the ground of my rest,…
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A Quest for Godliness – January 29, 2012
In 2012, I am following the lead of a few of my favorite bloggers and posting a quote or excerpt on Sundays. I’ve chosen A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer. The belief that the Puritans, even if they were in fact responsible citizens, were comic and pathetic…
Leslie Wiggins 