There are so many great books to facilitate our discipleship, growth, and love for Jesus alongside the Word of God. Here are two Authors that I strongly urge you to become acquainted with and purchase as many of their books as you can.
On Grace:
Transforming Grace (Navpress), by Jerry Bridges
Jerry Bridges, formerly Vice President for Corporate Affairs of The Navigators, is now a staff member with The Navigators Community Ministries Group, where he is engaged primarily in a Bible teaching ministry. He has served on The Navigators’ staff since 1955. He and his wife, Jane, live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jerry is also the author of :
The Pursuit of Holiness
The Practice of Godliness
Trusting God
The Discipline of Grace
Jerry Bridges is profoundly simple in his understanding of grace: “My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our personal relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace. If we’ve performed well – whatever “well” is in our opinion – then we expect God to bless us. If we haven’t done so well, our expectations are reduced accordingly.”
At Camp Lurecrest we focus on the Grace of God in the “finished” work of Christ FOR us. By finished, we understand that all things needed for our acceptance and eternal life with our Heavenly Father have been done... finished... completed. By hearing this good news of the Gospel and by the grace of faith, we are “connected” with our Father. We receive the indwelling Holy Spirit, receive a New Nature, and are then free to go about our life in the liberty that Christ’s life, death and resurrection purchased FOR us. As believers we do not work FOR acceptance, but BECAUSE of acceptance. This is the sweetest teaching on this planet and creates an atmosphere of grace and allows us to live our lives “in loving response” and not in duty or obligation.
On Prayer:
Thy Will Be Done (Whitaker House), by E.M. Bounds
“Edward McKendree Bounds was born in northeastern Missouri on August 15, 1835. As a young man, he practiced law for three years before he felt called to preach the Gospel. He was ordained in the Methodist church in 1859.”
A close minister, pastor, and friend, Claude L. Chilton, wrote of E.M.Bounds:
“As breathing is a physical reality to us, so prayer was a reality for Bounds. He took the command “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17) almost as literally as nature takes the law that controls our breathing. He did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. He prayed for long years, upon subjects that the easygoing Christian rarely gives a thought and for objects that men of less thought and faith are always ready to call impossible. From his solitary prayer vigils, year-by-year, there arose teaching equaled by few men in modern Christian history. He wrote transcendently about prayer, because he was himself transcendent in its practice.”
(There are a number of books by Bounds that are invaluable) We will update and add our suggested readings periodically. |
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