Titre : |
The roots of endurance : invincible perseverance in the lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
John Piper (1946-), Auteur |
Editeur : |
Wheaton, Ill : Crossway Books |
Année de publication : |
©2002 |
Importance : |
174 p. |
Format : |
23 cm |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-58134-814-9 |
Note générale : |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Church of England -- Clergy -- Biography. Newton, John, 1725-1807 Simeon, Charles, -- 1759-1836.
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Index. décimale : |
BX 5197 |
Résumé : |
John Piper's Roots of Endurance gives us a picture of three men who persisted when it appeared they could not. So if for years you've prayed the same prayer and it seems unanswered, if it seems like one catastrophe after another claims what little faith you have, if bitterness has set in and will not budge, read about the lives of Newton and Simeon and Wilberforce, and learn not only to finish the race but finish it |
Note de contenu : |
Introduction : the biblical roots of endurance --
John Newton : the tough roots of his habitual tenderness --
Charles Simeon : the ballast of humiliation and the sails of adoration --
William Wilberforce : "peculiar doctrines", spiritual delight, and the politics of slavery. |
The roots of endurance : invincible perseverance in the lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce [texte imprimé] / John Piper (1946-), Auteur . - Wheaton, Ill : Crossway Books, ©2002 . - 174 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN : 978-1-58134-814-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
Catégories : |
Church of England -- Clergy -- Biography. Newton, John, 1725-1807 Simeon, Charles, -- 1759-1836.
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Index. décimale : |
BX 5197 |
Résumé : |
John Piper's Roots of Endurance gives us a picture of three men who persisted when it appeared they could not. So if for years you've prayed the same prayer and it seems unanswered, if it seems like one catastrophe after another claims what little faith you have, if bitterness has set in and will not budge, read about the lives of Newton and Simeon and Wilberforce, and learn not only to finish the race but finish it |
Note de contenu : |
Introduction : the biblical roots of endurance --
John Newton : the tough roots of his habitual tenderness --
Charles Simeon : the ballast of humiliation and the sails of adoration --
William Wilberforce : "peculiar doctrines", spiritual delight, and the politics of slavery. |
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