Respectable Sins

by Jerry Bridges

Publisher:

NavPress

, 2017

Overview

Have we become so focused on “major” sins that we’ve grown apathetic about our subtle sins? Renowned author Jerry Bridges takes you into a deep look at the corrosive patterns of behavior that we often accept as normal, in this established and impactful book.

Practical, thought-provoking, and relevant at any stage of life, Respectable Sins addresses a dozen clusters of specific “acceptable” sins that we tend to tolerate in ourselves, such as:

Jealousy

Anger

Judgementalism

Selfishness

Pride

Writing from the trenches of his own battles with sin, Bridges offers a message of hope in the transforming grace of God to overcome our “respectable sins.” Now with an added study guide for personal use or group discussion so you can dive deeper into this staple of Jerry Bridges’s classic collection.

Key Features

• Takes you into a deep look at the corrosive patterns of behavior.
• Addresses a dozen clusters of specific “acceptable” sins.
• Offers a message of hope in the transforming grace of God.

Product Details

• Title: Respectable Sins
• Author: Jerry Bridges
• Publisher: NavPress
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781631468353, 9781631468339, 1631468332, 1631468359
• Resource ID: LLS:9781631468353
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:46:23Z

About Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) was an evangelical Christian author and speaker. He serves in the Collegiate Mission, and has been on the staff of The Navigators for more than fifty years. Bridges earned an engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and went on to serve as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War before joining the staff of the Navigators.

He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than one million copies. His devotional Holiness Day By Day garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the inspiration and gift category, and The Discipline Of Grace received a similar award in 1995 for the Christian living category.