| Accessories By Manufacturer | |
|
|
Email Newsletter
Get info on Sales, Events, New Products, and More!
|
|
|
|
| | Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians |  | Author: James Gilchrist Lawson
Publisher: Reformation Publishers
Category: Book
Buy New: $13.00
New (11) Used (5) from $11.64
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 473907
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 160416316X
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9781604163162
ASIN: 160416316X
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
What do great Christians have in common? What motivates and empowers some believers to lead extraordinary lives of service, sacrifice, and devotion? Is God calling you to such a life? James Gilchrist Lawson studied many such spiritual giants, looking for a common thread in their experiences. All of them had been nominal Christians until the Holy Spirit transformed their lives. They called the experience "full consecration," "entire sanctification," "the baptism of the Holy Spirit," and so on. Regardless of the term used, all reported that an encounter with the Holy Spirit had redirected their lives. This book describes what Lawson learned as he studied the deeper experience of these Christian leaders. See what God can do in your own life when you surrender yourself fully to Him. Lawson traces the lives of great men and women of God down through the centuries and rediscovers a practice in the church that has perhaps been forgotten. After repentance and water baptism, new believers would seek the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Elders or those filled with the Holy Spirit would anoint, lay hands on, and pray for this infilling of the Spirit. In this way, the Holy Spirit was passed down from one believer to the next, from one generation to the next. JAMES GILCHRIST LAWSON (1874-1946) was a popular Christian author and hymn writer of the early twentieth century.
Book Description
This volume of personal recollections tells of the most meaningful spiritual events in the lives of great Christian leaders throughout history.
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Fabulous Book July 28, 2008
What a great read. You should get one and give one as a gift.
 Good, Inspiration Stories But Theological Lacking November 20, 2004
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was given this book as a young Christian and easily devoured every word of it. The stories in Lawson's book are awesome. You will be encouraged as you read about the faith and hunger men and women had for the presence of God in their lives. None of the people in the book were satisfied with simply living for Jesus but they wanted to make a divine impact for the kingdom upon the earth. From John the Baptist to John Wesley to many unknowns as well you will read the stories of various Christian experiences in God's presence that transformed their lives.
My one drawback as I look back at this book is the theology of the book. Simply put (as one reviewer put it before me): there is none. Lawson simply tells the stories of the various believers experiences. The book leaves the impression that the Christian life is simply one experience after another or that a Christian needs one "mighty" Holy Ghost experience and that is it. The daily discipleship is lost (Luke 9:23-26). Further, not all experiences should be outright declared from God. We must test our experiences by the Scriptures (1 Thess. 5:21; 1 John 4:1). Doctrine is important (1 Timothy 4:16; Titus 2:1) and we must not allow experiences to become the true test of Christianity (2 Cor. 13:5).
Get this book. Read it and most of all, open your Bible and test everything you read by the truth of God's Word (John 17:17).
For the person who is serious about knowing God. May 26, 1999
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This reader-friendly composite of biographical sketches is directed to the person who is not satisfied with nominal Christian living. The author points directly to each biographee's source of spiritual renewal and/or completion, i.e, the Holy Spirit, and subsequent effects. An interesting aspect of this work is its transdenominational nature; no particular sect is endorsed, though many are included by virtue of their highlighted adherants. If the reader is honestly interested in a closer walk with God, this book will provide plenty of inspiration.
|
|
|
Site by: Troy Peterson | |
