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brian
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| Joined: | Fri Sep 29th, 2006 |
| Location: | Chicago South Burbs, Illinois USA |
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| First Name: | brian | | Gender: | Male | | Faith History: | methodist, evangelical, anglican, catholic |
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Posted: Fri Mar 23rd, 2007 01:28 pm |
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I am looking for a birthday gift for my girlfriends sister who is turning 16. Her family would probably kill me if I bought her anything Catholic, but I do figure I should get something spiritually beneficial because I would like to see her challenged a little bit and I know her well enough that she might respect it.
Anyway, the book I read for a bit and felt led toward that has been recommended to me at various times of my life by people I respect was Tozer's the pursuit of God. I thought a lot fo this was pretty good while skimming through it. It even had quotes from St. Bernard and The Cloud of Unknowing, but is very protestant friendly and recommended. It seems to stress not just converison as a one time thing, but a lifelong pursuit. I think many evangelicals need that advice. It wouldn't surprise me if there were soemthing theologically questionable in there, but I would still get it as long as it wasn't anything too severe. It is more of a challenging book than one that is going to argue against the Catholic Church from what I could tell.
Any advice for or against this if anyone has checked it out? If against the book is there another recommendation of a more neutral source. My other fear is that maybe it is above her comprehension level or that its language is too sophisticated and "deep." She is smart, but maybe something simpler could be better. I like C.S. Lewis but he is also shallenging probably moreso.
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Prodigal Daughter
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| Joined: | Wed Nov 29th, 2006 |
| Location: | Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania USA |
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| First Name: | Deborah/PD | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Baptized Catholic, received First Communion, left during Confirmation year. ... |
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Posted: Mon Mar 26th, 2007 06:09 pm |
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| The first Christian book I ever read was "Hinds Feet On High Places." As far as I know there is nothing "wrong" with it. It helped me to see that God wants a relationship and total surrender. I also think it is more appropriate for a 16 year old girl.
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Darlene
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| Joined: | Mon Oct 9th, 2006 |
| Location: | Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania USA |
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| First Name: | Darlene | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Christian, trusting His love and forgiveness |
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Posted: Tue Mar 27th, 2007 12:08 pm |
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Prodigal Daughter wrote: The first Christian book I ever read was "Hinds Feet On High Places." As far as I know there is nothing "wrong" with it. It helped me to see that God wants a relationship and total surrender. I also think it is more appropriate for a 16 year old girl.
Deb,
I remember that book. It was very popular when I was in the Christian sect/cult. A new convert, who had just moved into the fellowship was reading it. She was so excited about Jesus while reading it. I was very skeptical of the book, due to the pressure from the leader of our sect, of anything that was not written, or approved by by him. So I never read it.
Darlene
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