Ethics, Religious, Christianity - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Christian Life
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Publishers Weekly -
This revised edition of a book originally published in 1973 is a concise, straightforward work written from a pastor's heart about the sinful thoughtssexual, blasphemous or otherwisethat plague the heart. Arnold (1913-1982), an elder in the Bruderhof community for some 40 years, offers spiritual steps to turn away from these recurring, destructive thoughts and "to win this fight [which] demands faith in Jesus, who promises us victory." Arnold contends that a rigorous program of confession of sins, repentance of sins and turning toward the Cross of Jesus leads away from these hidden sins of the heart. A discussion of Arnold's Bruderhof tradition, a Christian communal-lifestyle movement founded in 1920 in Germany by Arnold's parents, is reserved for an 11-page addendum. Finally, Arnold sounds a warning to the self-oriented, therapeutic tendencies of our day: "The goal of confession should always be liberation.... We want to find Jesus, not ourselves." (Jan.)Book Details
Published
November 1, 1997
Publisher
Plough Publishing House
Pages
133
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780874860948