The Table of InwardnessCalvin Miller describes how prayer, meditation and obedience can help us shut out the distracting noise of the world and develop a satisfying inner life of fellowship with God. 120 pages, paper |
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... pain of Hamlet's reflecting glass . But the pain soon left and in its place a radiant reality was born . I remember the frustration of trying to tell my friends about the inward Christ who had replaced my guilt and bad feelings with his ...
... pain of Hamlet's reflecting glass . But the pain soon left and in its place a radiant reality was born . I remember the frustration of trying to tell my friends about the inward Christ who had replaced my guilt and bad feelings with his ...
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... . We are not trying to get out of the pain and pressure of contemporary living . We are simply tak- ing steps to infuse it with meaning . The present is but the nar- row preface to the eternal . Our role is to 21 The Issue of Inwardness.
... . We are not trying to get out of the pain and pressure of contemporary living . We are simply tak- ing steps to infuse it with meaning . The present is but the nar- row preface to the eternal . Our role is to 21 The Issue of Inwardness.
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... pain of spiritual birth we are reluctant to venture into new life . We are pressed by the overwhelming dread of our sin . But the time of birth has come . We move along a strange path we barely understand , for we have never traveled it ...
... pain of spiritual birth we are reluctant to venture into new life . We are pressed by the overwhelming dread of our sin . But the time of birth has come . We move along a strange path we barely understand , for we have never traveled it ...
Contents
The Issue of Inwardness | 10 |
Barriers to the Inward Journey | 24 |
The Needles Eye | 40 |
Copyright | |
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