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The Library

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Author Title
ProvocationsSoren Kierkegaard
Provocations Spiritual Writings of Søren Kierkegaard

There are few authors as repeatedly quoted and consistently unread as Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard himself is partly to blame for this: his style is dense, his thoughts complex. And yet embedded within his writings and journals are metaphors and truths so deep and vivid, they can overwhelm you with an almost blinding clarity. Editor Charles E. Moore has done us an invaluable service by putting together arguably the most accessible and complete Kierkegaard volume to be published in decades. Here is a book for anyone who takes the search for authenticity seriously.
Divided into six sections, Provocations contains a little of everything from Kierkegaard's prodigious output, including his wryly humorous attacks on what he calls the "mediocre shell" of conventional Christianity, his brilliantly pithy parables, his amazing insights on the human condition, and his incisive attempts to dig through the fluff of theological jargon and clear a way for the basics: decisiveness, obedience, passion, and recognition of the truth.
Provocations is a must for every serious seeker. Indeed, the wealth of sayings and aphorisms collected in its final section is reason enough to download the e-book.
Sundar Singh

Wisdom of the Sadhu, teachings of Sundar Singh

Mourned by millions at his death, Sundar Singh (1889-1929) awaits rediscovery at the dawn of the 21st century. Though known in his lifetime as India's most famous convert to Christianity, that reputation is misguided, for Sundar Singh never accepted the religion as such but emphasized instead the life-changing starkness of Christ's original teachings. If anything, he was the ultimate heretic - an uncompromising critic of convention, and a scandal to the comfortable.

Leaving the wealth of his home at sixteen to live as a sadhu, or wandering holy man, Sundar Singh's beggar-like existence, his intense bhakti (devotion), his mystical encounters with Jesus, and his simple yet profound parables became the stuff of legends. No one who met him - including the thousands who flocked to hear him during two visits to Europe - was unaffected by this modern St. Francis.

Though hugely popular in India and Europe during his lifetime, Sundar Singh's writings have not been readily available to readers in the English-speaking world for decades. Now, with Wisdom of the Sadhu, a collection of anecdotes, sayings, parables, and meditations, his spirit has been brought alive for a new generation. Couched as they are in a distinctly Indian idiom, his teachings probe the essence of the Gospels with unusual freshness and offer insights of great depth and value to every serious reader.
Reprinted from www.bruderhof.com. Copyright 2003 by The Bruderhof Foundation, Inc. Used with permission.

Arnold (Eberhard) The Early Christians
  God's Revolution
  Innerland
  Salt and Light (Living the Sermon on the Mount)
   
Arnold (Emmy) Joyful Pilgrimage
   
Arnold (Johann Christof) Be not afraid (Overcoming the fear of death)
   
Arnold (J Heinrich) Discipleship (Living for Christ in the daily grind)
   
   
Augustine Confessions
   
The Venerable Bede Ecclesiastical history of the English people
   
St Bernard of Clairvaux On Loving God
   
Blumhardt The Kingdom Come (A reader edited by Vernard Eller)
   
Bonar (Horatius) God's way of peace (A book for the anxious)
   
Book of Common Prayer Book of Common Prayer 1662 Abridged
   
Booth (General Catherine) Female teaching
Booth (General William) In darkest England  -  and the way out
  Purity of Heart
  A vision of the lost
   
Bounds E M The necessity of prayer
  The possibilities of prayer
  Power through prayer
  Weapon of prayer
   
   
Bunyan Pilgrims progress
  Grace abounding to the chief of sinners
   
   
Ignatious Loyola Spiritual exercises
   
Milton Paradise lost
   
   
   
   
St John of the Cross Dark night of the soul
  Ascent of Mount Carmel
   
   
   
St Theresa of Avila Life
  The way of perfection
  Theologica Germanica
   
St Thomas a Kempis Imitation of Christ
   
John Wesley The use of money
  A plain account of Christian perfection
  Journal