The Disciplined Life (Ebook Shorts)

by Calvin Miller

Publisher:

Bethany House

, 2011

For those desiring a deep relationship with God, Calvin Miller guides us beyond three superficialities of modern culture: our misdirected appetites, the allure of material things, and the tyranny of the urgent. This is a selection from Into the Depths of God.

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Deeper Living Is Possible

For those desiring a deep relationship with God, Calvin Miller guides us beyond three superficialities of modern culture: our misdirected appetites, the allure of material things, and the tyranny of the urgent.

". . . a welcome stimulus to our faith and obedience."--Eugene Peterson, author of The Message

This is a selection from Into the Depths of God.

Contents

Top Highlights

“So then why don’t we do it—why don’t we deny ourselves? We fail at self-denial for three reasons. First, our focus is usually on the braking system rather than the steering wheel. Second, we live at too great a distance from the Grand Enabler. Finally, we cannot get heaven’s perspective on the real values.” (source)

“We are not afraid he will destroy us. We are only afraid of what he might require of us.” (source)

“First, our focus needs to be on hungering after what God wants rather than merely trying to quit what he doesn’t want. Second, we must agree to live close to the Great Enabler. Finally, we must live in abundant inwardness until we can see the kind of world God wants to exist and endeavor to become the kind of Christian God wants us to be.” (source)

“But the seven deadly sins rarely root themselves in a busy, purposeful life. All of them grow best in the soil of human emptiness.” (source)

“Having’ is not the first sin of materialists. The sin that precedes it is the sin of regarding what we have as our own.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : The Disciplined Life (Ebook Shorts)
• Author: Miller, Calvin
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Publication Date: 2011
• ISBN: 9781441270696

About Calvin Miller

Calvin Miller (1936-2012) was a professor at Beeson Divinity School. The beloved author of more than forty books, Miller was also well known as a poet, artist, novelist and speaker. His later works included Preaching (Baker), O Shepherd Where Art Thou? (Broadman Holman) and Conversations with Jesus (Harvest House). He summed up his rule of life in four words: "Time is a gift."