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Kingdom Living and Spiritual Formation
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Thomas
a Kempis, The
Imitation of Christ. Apart
from the Bible itself, this is undoubtedly the more republished
work in Christian history. Absolutely indispensable.
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Baxter, Richard. The Practical
Works of Richard Baxter. Grand Rapids: Baker
Book House, 1981. Practical advice on applying Scripture
to all areas of life.
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Finney, Charles, Revival Lectures.
Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Company, n.d.
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Laubach, Frank C. Man of Prayer,
from "The Heritage Collection" (Within that especially
Letters by a "Modern Mystic" and "Game With Minutes") ISBN
0-88336-580
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Lauson, J. Gilchrist. Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians. Anderson, IN: Warner, 1970. "This book opened the reality
of Christians through the ages to me, and caused me to see
that a life of holiness and power in the kingdom of Christ
was possible." - DW
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Meyer, Keith. Whole Life Transformation. Intervarsity Press, 2010. [ Read the Foreword]
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Murray, Andrew. Humility and Absolute Surrender
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Spiritual Disciplines/Discipleship
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Bonar, Horatius. God's Way of
Holiness. Chicago: Moody, n.d.
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Bouyer, Louis. A History of Christian
Spirituality. 3 vols. New York: Seabury, 1982.
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 Brightman,
Edgar S. The Spiritual Life.
New York: Abingdon Cokesbury, 1942.
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Chambers, Oswald. The Psychology
of Redemption. London: Simpkin Marshall, 1947.
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Christenson, Evelyn. Lord, Change
Me! Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1979.
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Lewis, C. S. The Screwtape Letters
and Screwtape Proposes a Toast. New York: Macmillan,
1962.
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Lives of the Saints.
Translated with an Introduction by J. F. Webb. Baltimore,
MD: Penguin, 1973.
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Lowen, Alexander. The Betrayal
of the Body. New York: Collier, 1971.
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Magnus, Albertus. Of Cleaving
Unto God. Translated by Elizabeth Stopp. London:
Mowbray, 1954
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Marshall, Walter. The Gospel
Mystery of Sanctification. 1692. Reprint. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1954.
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Robinson, John A. T. The Body:
A Study in Pauline Theology. London: SCM, 1952.
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Suso, Henry. The Life of the
Servant. Translated by James M. Clarke. Cambridge:
Clarke, 1982.
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Taylor, Jeremy. Holy Living and
Dying. London: Bohn, 1858.
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Taylor, J. (1992). Holy Living
and Holy Dying, "Classics of Western Spirituality"
series. New York: Paulist. Many other editions. Practical
directions on the use of the body for spiritual growth by
a great Christian of the sixteenth century.
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Trueblood, Elton. Alternative
to Futility. Waco, TX: Word, 1972.
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Underhill, Evelyn. Mysticism.
New York: New American Library, 1974.
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Spiritual Disciplines for Children
Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophical
Foundations for a Christian Worldview, J.P.
Moreland & William Lane Craig, Intervarsity Press, 2003. This is an excellent discussion by the finest of scholars
and philosophers, who are also Christians. Good as an introduction
to Philosophy and Theology for those with limited background
and a desire to dig deeper. (Winner of a 2004 Gold Medallion
award in the Reference category from the Evangelical Christian
Publishers Association.)
"Simple" Logic
- We have frequent requests for a logic book "for dummies".
Dr. Willard recommends getting an older edition of Irving
M. Copi's Introduction to Logic.
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A Place for Truth:
Leading Thinkers Explore Life's Hardest Questions
Dr. Willard is the editor of this remarkable volume in which a number of outstanding Christian intellectuals, along with a few from other perspectives, deal with questions about truth itself and questions about several particular truths. Most prominent, in the latter respect, are questions about the existence of God and about how we ought to live, given the existence (or nonexistence of a God of the Judeo-Christian variety.
The Veritas Forum, under whose auspices the talks were originally given, is interested both in the current status of truth on the campus, and in how the basic claims of Christianity are now treated there. Its aim is to restore the university to its age-old character as “a place for truth.” Since its founding at Harvard in 1992, it has provided a place for the university world to explore the deepest questions of truth and life. The 15 chapters in this volume include presentations by Francis Collins, Os Guiness, Tim Keller, Alister McGrath, Hugh Ross, and N.T. Wright.
As you read these chapters be alert to recognize intelligence at work, in the framework of a worldview and a reality provided only by Jesus Christ and his people on earth--animated by the Spirit of God, which after all is the Spirit of truth. His people are not infallible, but they are devoted to truth and knowledge of the truth as the ultimate appeal concerning what to believe and what to do. In these pages they invite the academic and intellectual world to join them in that devotion.
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Devotional Classics
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Francis de Sales.
Introduction to the Devout Life. Translated
by John K. Ryan. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Image Books,
1957.
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Brother Lawrence. The
Practice of the Presence of God, many editions.
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Meisel, Anthony C. The
Rule of St. Benedict. and M. L. del Mastro,
eds. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975.
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Penn, William. No Cross, No Crown.
London: Philips and Fardon, 1806.
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Thomas a Kempis. The
Imitation of Christ. Many editions.
The Four Gospels
Contemplative Prayer
- Foster, Richard. Prayer:
Finding the Heart's True Home.
New York, NY: HarperCollins,1992.
- Ignatius. The
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, Image Books, 1964.
- Johnson,
Jan. When
The Soul Listens. Colorado
Springs, CO: NavPress, 1999.

- Nouwen, Henri. The Way of the
Heart. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981.
Sanctification
- Dr. Willard has called John Wesley's book,
A Plain Account of Christian Perfection,
the best explanation of sanctification he has ever read.
Spiritual Healing
- Jones, E. Stanley. Is
The Kingdom of God Realism? New York, Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1940.
- Sanford, Agnes. The
Healing Light. Many editions.
The former you will have to
get from a library or order over the web, it's long out of
print. The latter is an inexpensive paperback, still printing.
Biographies/Autobiographies - Examples to Follow
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The Confessions of St. Augustine.
Many editions.
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Fox, George. Journal of George
Fox. Edited by Norman Penney. London: Dent, 1948.
Also in various other editions.
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Laubach, Frank C. Letters by
a Modern Mystic. Foreword by Alden H. Clark.
Edited and compiled by Constance E. Padwick. Syracuse, N.Y.:
New Readers Press, 1955. First published in 1937. See Dr.
Willard's review from Christian Spirituality.
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Teresa of Avila. Interior
Castle. Translated and edited by E. Allison
Peers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961.
Moral Development
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- Lewis, C.S. The
Abolition of Man. Many editions.
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