Navigator book </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>The pursuit of holiness</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bridges, Jerry</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1929-2016)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>NavPress</publisher> <dateIssued>1983</dateIssued> <edition>14th.</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>158tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>18cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Holiness: the Christian's joint venture with God. God's command is, `Be holy, for I am holy.` But as victims of sin's `guerilla warfare,` Christians are often prone to give up the fight, or at least to compromise with sin in its more difficult forms. Why do we so rarely experience holy living? The central issue confronting us, says Jerry Bridges in The Pursuit of Holiness, is that Christians fail to understand their own responsibility for holiness. `If we sin,` he writes, `it is because we choose to sin -- not because we lack the ability to say no to temptation. We are not defeated</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jerry Bridges</note> <subject> <topic>Holiness -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">248.4</classification> <classification authority="ddc">J56-B85</classification> <identifier type="isbn">089109430X</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/5/19/41KPQWmsn7L._SX315_BO1_204_203_200_.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/5/19/41KPQWmsn7L._SX315_BO1_204_203_200_.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070640.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>