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Andrew Murray's The Deeper Christian Life: An Aid to Its Attainment is a searching work of Protestant devotional theology, concerned with the believer's passage from nominal faith into sustained communion with Christ. Written in a plain yet urgent homiletic style, it belongs to the nineteenth-century holiness and Keswick-influenced tradition, emphasizing surrender, abiding, and the Spirit-filled life. Murray's prose is scriptural, pastoral, and diagnostic, addressing not abstraction but the practical impediments to mature discipleship. Murray, a South African Dutch Reformed minister, missionary statesman, and prolific spiritual writer, brought to this book decades of pastoral observation and evangelical conviction. His ministry unfolded amid revival movements, colonial mission efforts, and debates over sanctification, all of which shaped his insistence that Christian vitality depends less on human striving than on yieldedness to God. His Reformed inheritance is here warmed by experiential piety and a profound theology of prayer. This book is recommended for readers seeking a classic guide to inward renewal rather than a merely doctrinal treatise. Students of Christian spirituality, pastors, and serious lay readers will find in it a disciplined summons to humility, consecration, and deeper union with Christ.
Andrew Murray's The Deeper Christian Life: An Aid to Its Attainment is a searching work of Protestant devotional theology, concerned with the believer's passage from nominal faith into sustained communion with Christ. Written in a plain yet urgent homiletic style, it belongs to the nineteenth-century holiness and Keswick-influenced tradition, emphasizing surrender, abiding, and the Spirit-filled life. Murray's prose is scriptural, pastoral, and diagnostic, addressing not abstraction but the practical impediments to mature discipleship. Murray, a South African Dutch Reformed minister, missionary statesman, and prolific spiritual writer, brought to this book decades of pastoral observation and evangelical conviction. His ministry unfolded amid revival movements, colonial mission efforts, and debates over sanctification, all of which shaped his insistence that Christian vitality depends less on human striving than on yieldedness to God. His Reformed inheritance is here warmed by experiential piety and a profound theology of prayer. This book is recommended for readers seeking a classic guide to inward renewal rather than a merely doctrinal treatise. Students of Christian spirituality, pastors, and serious lay readers will find in it a disciplined summons to humility, consecration, and deeper union with Christ.
Details
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788027229505
ISBN-10: 8027229502
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Murray, Andrew
Hersteller: Good Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: OK Publishing s.r.o., 20a, Kosíre, Zahradníckova 1220, ?-150 00 Prague, obrody@gmail.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 2 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Murray
Gewicht: 0,081 kg
Artikel-ID: 125962016