A.W. Tozer (1897 - 1963) Although A.W. Tozer's (1897 - 1963) life-time has significant overlap with Thomas Raymond Kelly (1893 - 1941) and Thomas Merton's (1915 – 1968), in some ways they couldn't be more separate by tradition in 20th Century Christianity -- to compare visit Receiving from the Christian Devotional Classics: Thomas Merton & the Desert Fathers and A Testament of Devotion. Furthermore, Tozer's testimony is simple and focused, one which carried him in ministry throughout his life. While … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: The Pursuit of God
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Christian Devotional Classics: A Testament of Devotion
Thomas Raymond Kelly and A Testament of Devotion "To read or not to read?" Ever have a book which has caught your attention a number of times over a period of years, but you have made the intentional decision not to read only to find it assigned for class? Thomas Raymond Kelly's (1893 - 1941) A Testament of Devotion (1941) fits this category for me. Kelly was a cradle to grave Quaker, i.e., Religious Society of Friends. Although born in America, he had a passion for international education, service, pacifism, … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: A Testament of Devotion
Christian Devotional Classics: Christian Perfection
Introduction Are you perfect, becoming perfect? No, not in your field but as a Christian -- loving God, loving neighbor? Hmm . . . as I think about it, that does spill over into your field but in a different manner than the way in which I grew up striving after perfection. Today's Christian Devotional Classics post turns attention to John Wesley (1703 – 1791) and his A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (1766). John Wesley (1703 - 1791) John Wesley's brief biography from Christian Classics Ethereal … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: Christian Perfection
Christian Devotional Classics: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
Men invent means and methods of coming at God's love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God's presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him? – Brother Lawrence in Maxims. Introduction This summer in Christian Devotional Classics (Evangelical Seminary), I presented on Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c. 1614 - … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
Christian Devotional Classics: Ignatius of Loyola
Introduction This summer in Christian Devotional Classics (Evangelical Seminary), I presented on Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491 – 1556) and the Spiritual Exercises (1522 to 1524). Considering the importance of the Society of Jesus in higher education, future posts are already in concept -- if this is a project of interest, please email me. In the first part of this post is a rough timeline of a Spanish knight who became a mystical “Soldier for Christ” pioneering an educational, missional, and … [Read more...] about Christian Devotional Classics: Ignatius of Loyola