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Loading... A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (original 1728; edition 2009)by William Law
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. William Law's message can be summarized in a single question, If Christians could hold fast to the tenets of the Faith when professing it was dangerous, why are they lax now, when being a Christian is safe and easy? The rest, as the saying goes, is commentary. Any Christian who does not read this book is shrinking from a severe challenge to his comfort and complacency. Review by Austin Warren. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inIs abridged inWilliam Law: Selections from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (HarperCollins Spiritual Classics) by William Law A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (Living Selections from the Great Devotional Classics) by William Law A serious call to a devout and holy life. Edited and abridged for the modern reader by John W. Meister and others. With by William Law
This devotional classic, written by William Law, an eloquent religious teacher of the eighteenth century, was designed to prod indifferent Christians into making an honest effort to live up to what they professed to believe. It has been appreciated in every succeeding generation because of its innate vigor and virility. No library descriptions found. |
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If a Christian reader tries to see things through Law's eyes, he would find himself in a dream world, where people, himself included, live in a way that defies logic and reason, either sleepwalking through the day never knowing where they were going, or habitually engaging in various kinds of activities that are beneficial to none but harmful to all.
The reader is then perhaps confronted with an uncomfortable choice: Either Law is a crackbrained writer, or something is seriously wrong with my way of life. If that is the case, the condescending and sarcastic, though urbanely controlled, tone in the introduction written by the Reverend Charles Bigg, DD is quite understandable.
(To judge for yourself, read an excerpt of "Serious Call"at Nemo's Library. It is representative of Law's writing and ideas.)