Simple faith

by Charles R. Swindoll

Paper Book, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - BS 2417 C5 S85 - Shlvd w/ Pastoral Care

Publication

Dallas : Word Pub.

ISBN

0849907004 / 9780849907005

Description

Trapped in complicated Christianity? Here's permission to come out of confinement! How did so many people wind up trapped by complicated systems of performance-based faith? Why do we push ourselves past our limits in pursuit of more works than any reasonable Pharisee would have demanded? Must we run at a pace somewhere between maddening and insane to prove we're among the faithful? "No!" is the emphatic answer from best-selling author Chuck Swindoll. In Simple Faith, he shows us how to get free from such arbitrary confinement. He reminds Christians that they serve a God who promised freedom, peace, and rest. And it's everlasting?not exhausting?life, remember? Here at last is an exhilarating invitation to simple faith. Move beyond rat-race Christianity and break the bars calculated to wilt free spirits. A cage is no place for a Christian. Welcome to your wings!… (more)

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CONTENTS:
Let's keep it simple -- The qualities of simple faith -- A simple counterstrategy : shake and shine -- Simplicity starts from within -- Simple instructions on serious issues -- Simple advice to the selfish and strong-willed -- Beware! Religious performance now showing -- Prayer and fasting minus all the pizazz -- When simple faith erodes -- The subtle enemy of simple faith -- If you're serious about simple faith, stop this! -- The most powerful of all four-letter words -- Simple yet serious warnings for complicated times -- The simple secret of an sunsinkable life.
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