Download or read book How Do I Develop Heavenly Mindedness and Spiritual Conversation written by Roberts Maurice and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every true believer lives to the glory of God and should desire to grow, develop, and make progress in spirituality. In this booklet, Maurice Roberts guides us through this spiritual growth and development with practical guidance for fostering heavenly-mindedness and spiritual conversation. The more we grow in heavenly-mindedness, the more we will shine as lights in this dark world. And the more we aim to promote God-honoring conversation, the more we will be seen to walk in the steps of our master Jesus Christ, of whom it was truly said, “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46).
Download or read book Heavenly mindedness and Earthly mindedness In two parts With an Appendix concerning laying hold on eternal life written by John ROWE (Minister of the Gospel.) and published by . This book was released on 1672 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heavenly Mindedness Recommended in a discourse on Colossians III 2 The second edition of A Sermon preached at Blackfriars written by Jeremiah BURROUGHS (Presbyterian Minister at Blackfriars.) and published by . This book was released on 1715 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on Heavenly Mindedness written by Thomas Jollie and published by Puritan Publications. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few of Jollie’s works survive today. This puritan gem on heavenly mindedness is exceedingly rich with Scripture, and dripping with praise to Jesus Christ. Jollie covers in this work the primary doctrine that, “the saints’ holy calling out of the world, and their afflicted condition in it is, that they are heavenly both in profession and practice.” His text is Hebrews 11:16, “…they desire a better country.” He shows that it is the good pleasure of God to appoint this course for his saints though their lives might be filled with suffering and affliction. Jollie teaches that Christians should learn this duty: that we freely subscribe and faithfully hold steadfast to God, no matter what our condition may be, and that we ought to drink down this bitter cup, knowing God will supply the needed grace. There is no Christian that has ever lived that has been removed from suffering or affliction in their life. Such a view supposes that manifold dangers and necessities, temptations and tribulations, attend the people of God in this world. But with the Lord is plenteous redemption. Knowing this, we should keep in mind that it is the good pleasure of God to work all good to his people in such a way and manner as may be, “to the praise of the glory of his grace.” This work is not a scan or facsimile, has been carefully transcribed by hand being made easy to read in modern English, and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.
Download or read book Spiritual Mindedness written by John Owen and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic by the great Puritan theologian John Owen is organized as follows: Prefatory Note Analysis Preface Part 1. Chapter 1. The Words of the Text Explained: Chapter 2. A Particular Account of the Nature of This Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded — How It Is Stated in and Evidenced by Our Thoughts Chapter 3. Outward means and occasions of such thoughts of spiritual things as do not prove men to be spiritually minded — Preaching of the word — Exercise of gifts — Prayer — How we may know whether our thoughts of spiritual things in prayer are truly spiritual thoughts, proving us to be spiritually minded Chapter 4. Other evidences of thoughts about spiritual things arising from an internal principle of grace, whereby they are an evidence of our being spiritually minded — The abounding of these thoughts, how far, and wherein, such an evidence Chapter 5. The objects of spiritual thoughts, or what they are conversant about, evidencing them in whom they are to be spiritually minded — Rules directing unto steadiness in the contemplation of heavenly things — Motives to fix our thoughts with steadiness in them Chapter 6. Directions unto the exercise of our thoughts on things above, things future, invisible, and eternal; on God himself; with the difficulties of it, and oppositions unto it, and the way of their removal — Right notions of future glory stated Chapter 7. Especial objects of spiritual thoughts on the glorious state of heaven, and what belongs thereunto — First, of Christ himself — Thoughts of heavenly glory in opposition unto thoughts of eternal misery — The use of such thoughts — Advantage in sufferings Chapter 8. Spiritual thoughts of God himself — The opposition unto them and neglect of them, with their causes and the way of their prevalency — Predominant corruptions expelling due thoughts of God, how to be discovered, etc. — Thoughts of God, of what nature, and what they are to be accompanied withal, etc Chapter 9. What of God or in God we are to think and meditate upon — His being — Reasons of it; oppositions to it; the way of their conquest — Thoughts of the omnipresence and omniscience of God peculiarly necessary — The reasons hereof — As also of his omnipotence — The use and benefit of such thoughts Chapter 10. Sundry things tendered unto such as complain that, they know not how, they are not able to abide in holy thoughts of God and spiritual or heavenly things, for their relief, instruction, and direction — Rules concerning stated spiritual meditation Part 2 Chapter 11. The seat of spiritual mindedness in the affections — The nature and use of them — The ways and means used by God himself to call the affections of men from the world Chapter 12. What is required in and unto our affections that they may be spiritual — A three-fold work on the affections described Chapter 13. The work of the renovation of our affections — How differenced from any other impression on or change wrought in them, and how it is evidenced so to be — The first instance, in the universality accompanying of affections spiritually renewed — The order of the exercise of our affections with respect unto their objects Chapter 14. The second difference between affections spiritually renewed and those which have been only changed by light and conviction — Grounds and reasons of men’s delight in duties of divine worship, and of their diligence in their performance, whose minds are not spiritually renewed Chapter 15. Delight of believers in the holy institutions of divine worship — The grounds and reasons thereof — The evidence of being spiritually minded thereby, etc Chapter 16. Assimilation unto things heavenly and spiritual in affections spiritually renewed — This assimilation the work of faith; how, and whereby — Reasons of the want of growth in our spiritual affections as unto this assimilation
Download or read book Grace and Glory Illustrated written by Geerhardus Vos and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 sermons preached at Princeton Seminary in the early 1900's by the great scholar of Biblical Theology. Also includes his address on "The Nature and Aims of Biblical Theology."
Download or read book The Grace Duty of Being Spiritually Minded Declared Practically Improved written by John Owen and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grounded in Heaven written by Michael Allen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth. Responding to the earthly-mindedness of much recent theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one’s self.
Download or read book In Light of Eternity written by Randy Alcorn and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In bestseller after bestseller, Randy Alcorn has held readers spellbound with fast-paced, gripping fiction infused with eternal themes. Now, he responds to the widespread hunger for more insight on this subject with a straightforward, real-life look at heaven, rewards, and how to live in light of eternity. The deepest longing of your heart is for one person and one place. Jesus is that person. Heaven is that place. A thousand counterfeits vie for your attention, trying to convince you that they are what you're looking for. But you'll never find true satisfaction with what this world has to offer. What you really crave can only be found in the land of substance: Heaven. In Light of Eternity will grip your soul and open your eyes to the realities of Heaven. Far from boring, Heaven promises to be an exhilarating adventure in which every chapter is better than the one before. With clear biblical teaching and illustrative stories and reflections, Alcorn shows how your life today will impact the eternal reality that awaits you. Let this book guide you into discovering how wonderful your eternal future will be--and what you can do now to prepare for it.
Download or read book A Treatise of Earthly Mindedness written by Jeremiah Burroughs and published by Waymark Books. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness," Puritan author Jeremiah Burroughs exposes many of the evils and dangers of being earthly minded. One of the evils brought out by the author is that earthly mindedness is the root of apostasy. He cites the example of Demas. The apostle Paul said that Demas forsook him because he loved this present world. Burroughs exposes the emptiness of worldly pleasures in favor of the heavenly vision that we all should have, and in good Puritan fashion, manages to lucidly address a hundred other essential topics in passing. Christ proclaimed that we are to "seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness" and to avoid being "of the world" and in this work one can discover the scriptural means of true joy and godly sanctification. "This is the great difference between a wicked man and a godly man," write Burroughs, "one minds earthly things, and the other has his conversation in heaven." Burroughs book is a real gem. Out of print from 1649 until now, its message needs to be read again in an age where worldliness abounds in the professing church.
Download or read book Set Your Mind on Things Above written by Dayspring and published by Dayspring. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As they color their way through comforting Scriptures and encouraging messages, overactive minds will find rest in God's care for them. While the world is ever-changing, God stays the same. He is our rock and our foundation. When we set our eyes on Him, releasing our troubles and cares into His hands, we find true rest. Our worries fade away. Set Your Mind on Things Above: A Devotional Coloring Book provides a wonderful way to turn one's thoughts from worry and fear, and toward God's peaceful gifts. Matching over 75 stress-relieving devotions with beautifully illustrated coloring pages, this "ultimate" coloring book is the perfect outlet for more than creative expression. It helps to quiet the world and bring individuals closer to the Creator..
Download or read book Modeling Jesus Walking Single Minded in a Double Minded World written by Brad Climer and published by Single Minded. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have a clear-cut heaven-sent formula for working through the issues, problems, and even the opportunities continuously presented to us. We will never get out of making decisions or fighting "giants" while we live on this earth, but our heavenly Father sent His Son to model a life of overcoming for us. Now, with the help of Holy Spirit, we can have victory and find the solutions needed to fulfill our calling on earth. By modeling Jesus, we can provide the answer for not only our families, but also the multitudes around us who are quickly losing hope. We can bring light to the darkness that is so prevalent today. This book shows us how walking "single-mindedly" gives us the ability to help ourselves and then others. Only when we walk a lit path can we make a difference in this world. Our Father provides the light, but it's up to us to walk it with Him.
Download or read book The Moral and Religious Miscellany Or Sixty one Aphoretical Essays on the Christian Doctrines and Virtues written by Hugh Knox and published by . This book was released on 1775 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paradise Now and Not Yet written by Andrew T. Lincoln and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author analyses passages in Paul's letters where the concept of heaven plays a significant role, and discusses the relation of the concept to the background of his thought, his views of history, of the cosmos, of the destiny of humanity, and of the nature of Christian existence.
Download or read book Soul Recreation written by Tom Schwanda and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritually there is a great hunger today for contemplative and more satisfying experiences with God. Puritanism might seem to be an unlikely source for this, yet few groups in the history of Christian spirituality have written more extensively or wisely on the subject. Isaac Ambrose (1604-64), a relatively forgotten English Puritan, developed a theological foundation for the spiritual life based upon the Christian's intimate union with Christ, which the Puritans often called "spiritual marriage." Schwanda demonstrates that this vibrant relationship of union and communion with Jesus, inspired by the Holy Spirit, was manifested in a deep contemplative piety of gazing lovingly and gratefully upon God. At the same time, Ambrose did not neglect loving his neighbors. This study reveals how heavenly meditation was one of the significant practices engaged by Ambrose to cultivate spiritual intimacy and enjoyment of God. Further, his experiential reading of Scripture, in particular the Song of Songs, provided him with a language of ravishment and delight in God. This book provides a distinctively Protestant foundation for recovering the contemplative life while recognizing the significant contributions of the Western Catholic tradition.
Download or read book Christian Meditation in Clinical Practice written by Joshua J. Knabb and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it look like to turn to the Christian faith to cultivate meditation practices? Presenting Christian meditation as an alternative to Buddhist-informed mindfulness, this workbook from Dr. Joshua Knabb offers a Christian-sensitive approach to meditation in clinical practice, focusing on both building theory and providing replicable practices for Christian clients and their therapists.
Download or read book Works of John Flavel written by John Flavel and published by Banner of Truth. This book was released on 1968-06-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The repeated editions of Flavel's Works bear their own witness to his popularity. He was a favourite with Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield (who ranked him with John Bunyan and Matthew Henry), and, a century later, with such Scottish evangelical leaders as R. M. M'Cheyne and Andrew Bonar. Flavel's complete works had long been unobtainable until we reprinted them in 1968. His six volumes are in themselves a library of the best Puritan divinity and a set will be a life-long treasure to those who possess it. He is one of that small number of evangelical writers who can by their lucidity and simplicity help those at the beginning of the Christian life and at the same time be a strong companion to those who near its end.
