Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life has inspired readers around the world for more than four centuries.   
  
Now in paper, this classic devotional will guide you on how to apply biblical principles to everyday life. Originally part of John Calvin's Institutes, the devotional covers themes such as obedience, self-denial, the significance of the cross, and how believers should live their lives today.  
  
Rather than focusing on contemplative other-worldliness, the Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life stresses the importance of a devotedly active Christian life. In style and spirit, it is much like Augustine's Confessions, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, or Thomas à Kempis's Imitation of Christ. Its intense practicality, however, sets it apart, making it easily accessible for anyone seeking to carry out Christian values in everyday life.  
  
The translator, Henry J. Van Andel, competently preserved the colorful language and direct style of which John Calvin was a recognized master.

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 training guide and ministry reference teaches how to disciple leaders, develop personal and spiritual life programs, and deal with prevalent singles issues.

Calvin, John

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PREFACE

PRAYER OF CALVIN 

CHAPTER I: HUMBLE OBEDIENCE, THE TRUE IMITATION OF CHRIST 

CHAPTER II: SELF-DENIAL

CHAPTER III: PATIENCE IN CROSSBEARING

CHAPTER IV: HOPEFULNESS FOR THE NEXT WORLD

CHAPTER V: THE RIGHT USE OF THE PRESENT LIFE

NOTES 

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 Thomasà 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.

Urges readers to apply the Christian life in a balanced way to mind, heart, and hand. This book stresses the importance of a devotedly active Christian life. It includes themes such as obedience, self-denial, the significance of the cross, and how we should live our lives.

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 a 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.

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