Product Information
Author / J. Oswald (John Oswald) Sanders
ISBN / 9780802482518
Publisher / Moody Publishers
Publication Date / 2007
Format / Paperback (Soft Cover)
Language / English
Number of Pages / 208
Dimensions / 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Weight / 300g
Author Description
J. OSWALD SANDERS (1902-1992) was a Christian leader for nearly seventy years and authored more than forty books on the Christian life including The Incomparable Christ, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Leadership, and Spiritual Maturity. He left a promising law practice in his native New Zealand to serve as an instructor and administrator at the Bible College of New Zealand. Dr. Sanders later became general director of the China Inland Mission (now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship), and was instrumental in beginning many new missions projects throughout East Asia. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for Christian service and theological writing.
Product Description
As J. Oswald Sanders points out, true discipleship is more than intellectual assent to a belief in Christ---it involves the whole person and lifestyle.
Those with only a superficial belief will soon fall away from the faith, but Sanders says a true disciple would rather be presented with a difficult challenge than a soft option. Disciples are charged with the task of training themselves to be godly, because it is their responsibility to remain spiritually fit. Ever-fresh topics in this time-tested volume include:
- the disciple's second chance
- the disciple's ambition
- the disciple's senior partner
- the disciple's olympics
- the disciple's right
- the disciple's maturity
In addition, a "For Reflection" guide is included, making this book ideal for both individual and group study.
Contents
1. The Ideal Disciple
2. Conditions of Discipleship
3. Evidences of Discipleship
4. Tests of Discipleship
5. The Disciple's Master
6. The Disciple's Senior Partner
7. The Disciple's Servanthood
8. The Disciple's Ambition
9. The Disciple's Love
10. The Disciple's Maturity
11. The Disciple's Olympics
12. The Disciple's Compassion
13. The Disciple's Prayer Life
14. The Disciple's Rights
15. The Disciple's Example
16. The Disciple's Loneliness
17. The Disciple's Second Chance
18. The Disciple's Renewed Commission
19. The Disciple's Dynamic
20. The Disciple's Hope