Making Spiritual Progress


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We often think of "spiritual growth" as a matter of behavior, but in reality spiritual growth is a matter of the heart. In Making Spiritual Progress Allen Ratta introduces a revolutionary system for monitoring your motivations—faith, hope and love, the virtues out of which spiritual growth grows.




The Incredible Patience of God


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Spirit Teachings


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Eternal Living


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Curated by Dallas Willard's long-time colleague and friend Gary Moon, this medley of images, snapshots and "Dallas-isms" moves readers toward deeper experiences of God. Whether influenced by him as a family member, friend, professor, philosopher or reformer, contributors bring refreshing insight into his ideas, what shaped him and also his contagious theology of grace and joy.




The Library of Paradise


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Contemplative reading is a spiritual practice developed by Christian monks in sixth- and seventh-century Mesopotamia. Mystics belonging to the Church of the East pursued a form of contemplation which moved from reading, to meditation, to prayer, to the ecstasy of divine vision. The Library of Paradise tells the story of this Syriac tradition in three phases: its establishment as an ascetic practice, the articulation of its theology, and its maturation and spread. The sixth-century monastic reform of Abraham of Kashkar codified the essential place of reading in East Syrian ascetic life. Once established, the practice of contemplative reading received extensive theological commentary. Abraham's successor Babai the Great drew upon the ascetic system of Evagrius of Pontus to explain the relationship of reading to the monk's pursuit of God. Syriac monastic handbooks of the seventh century built on this Evagrian framework. 'Enanisho' of Adiabene composed an anthology called Paradise that would stand for centuries as essential reading matter for Syriac monks. Dadisho' of Qatar wrote a widely copied commentary on the Paradise. Together, these works circulated as a one-volume library which offered readers a door to "Paradise" through contemplation. The Library of Paradise is the first book-length study of East Syrian contemplative reading. It adapts methodological insights from prior scholarship on reading, including studies on Latin lectio divina. By tracing the origins of East Syrian contemplative reading, this study opens the possibility for future investigation into its legacies, including the tradition's long reception history in Sogdian, Arabic, and Ethiopic monastic libraries.




All Along Your Journey


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This book is the cumulative inspirations that have been received in the author's 30 years of marriage. Their desire is that all of those who have been searching for spiritual answers find them within these pages. The book details to those who are awakening spiritually exactly what they may experience and discover along the path of awakening. The intent is to share guidance that allows them to create the life they desire. All words within these pages have been given to aid all who read them – to help them to awaken to who they truly are.




The ABC's of CREATIVITY, TALENT, and SPIRITUALITY


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TALENT, and SPIRITUALITY. Practical Psychology of Children’s Potential Self-development” by Natalie F. Vishnyakova Associate Professor of Psychology, The Doctor of the Psychological science. Practical Psychology of Children’s Potential SelfdevelopmentBook Brings Creative and Fun Description to Self-Help Potential, Practical Psychological of Children and Youyh Potential Self-development. “The ABC’s of CREATIVITY, TALENT, and SPIRITUALITY” is a helpful Psychology manual that allows its readers to test their levels of activities and discover their full potential as creative, intellectual, social and spiritual beings. With useful suggestions on how to evaluate the reader’s personality traits, author Natalie F. Vishnyakova’s work is the epitome of equipping the Children and average man with self-empowering advice and words of encouragement.




Spiritual Traditions for the Contemporary Church


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This volume offers a comprehensive intellectual and experiential introduction to Christian spirituality. It embraces spiritual traditions from the Patristic period to the present day. Part I, "The Roots of Contemporary Western Spirituality," covers spiritual types that have been fundamental in shaping spiritual practice. Part II, "Distinctive Spiritual Traditions," offers major introductory essays on spiritual traditions formed by such notable figures as Luther, Wesley, Ignatius, and John of the Cross, as well as ecclesiastical traditions such as Anglicanism. Part III, "The Feminine Dimension in Christian Spirituality," is devoted to Marian Spirituality, holy women, and feminism. Each of the fourteen chapters is followed by a practicum which enables readers to assimilate the practice prescribed into their own devotional life .




Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England: Volume 1


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A further contribution to understanding the role played by Christianity in modern English thought.




Spiritual Practice


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In this book the author has laid down some practical steps for all sincere spiritual aspirants eager to make spiritual progress. He specially deals with the preliminary stages of practical religion. His valuable suggestions from his own experiences will be a useful guide to all religious aspirants whom modern life assails with various doubts and difficulties in the practice of religious precepts. A very informative book for all earnest beginners in spiritual life to help them form a clear picture of the spiritual ideal, the gulf between them and the goal, and the ways to fill up that gulf. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.




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