Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life Devotional Classic - Couverture souple

In this classic devotional, John Calvin urges readers to apply the Christian life in a balanced way to mind, heart, and hand. Rather than focusing on contemplative otherworldliness, the book stresses the importance of a devotedly active Christian life. In style and spirit, this book is much like Augustine's Confessions, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, or Thomas à Kempis's Imitation of Christ. However, its intense practicality sets it apart, making it easily accessible for any reader seeking to carry out Christian values in everyday life. Chapter themes include obedience, self-denial, the significance of the cross, and how we should live our lives today.

This concise work will serve as a wonderful introduction to Calvin and the Christianity that he believed, taught and more importantly,-- lived. A pithy treatment of the Christian life presenting summarily the truths that are dealt with at considerable length in his massive Institutes of The Christian Religion. So important is this book that it was the first of Calvin's writings translated into English. All Christians old and especially new, will prosper by reading this guide to the new life and securing a special place in their library for its periodic rereading.