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082 _a248.4
082 _bJ56-B85
100 _aBridges, Jerry
100 _d(1929-2016)
100 _eAuthor
245 _aNavigator book
245 _cJerry Bridges
245 _pThe pursuit of holiness
250 _a14th.
260 _aU.S.A
260 _bNavPress
260 _c1983
300 _a158tr.
300 _bPaperback
300 _c18cm
520 _aHoliness: 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
650 _aHoliness -- Christianity
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