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Practical Christian Living

If Christianity is nothing else, it is practical. “Practical Christian living” is nearly redundant, since Christ’s complete redemption extends beyond theoretical concepts to encompass our day-to-day behavior. Not that Christianity is merely practical—its inherent behavioral principals stem from its deeply spiritual and mystical character.

Maintaining a life of devotion to Christ is the “perseverance of the saints” John Calvin and other Reformers cited as evidence of true belief. In our current culture it is popular to emphasize the fact that each of us fails to live up to Christ’s perfect standard, that the important thing is to pursue that standard nonetheless. Traditionally, however, the Church has emphasized Christ's example, not our failure or ability to imitate it.

Such an approach may not appeal to people outside the fold (or to many within it), but it is the correct one. To preach a softened Gospel to attract souls does not ultimately result in more Christians, it only results in many deluded people trusting a weakened gospel.

Jesus’ statement that His yoke is easy is frequently taken to mean that a Christian need only “believe in Jesus” to eventually “go to Heaven.” Belief is a key aspect, and eternity with Our Savior certainly the object, but Christ’s redemption means our duty becomes not to ourselves (as when we are slaves to sin), but to render Him praise and uphold His perfect law. The ease of the Christian life derives not from the absence of moral constraint, but from the Holy Spirit abiding in each of us as well as in the corporate Church. In order to act the way we ought, we must cultivate our awareness of the Spirit and rely on His power and not our own to avoid sin and pursue holiness.

It goes without saying that slavery to Christ is abhorrent to non-Christians, understanding as they do their own slavery to sin as absolute personal freedom. The proper Christian response is not to downplay our bondage to Christ, but to discover the true joy of holiness and the paradoxical freedom our new slavery entails. Those we would bring into Christianity must not be misled, nor should they be ignorant of the duties of believers. Instead they should see the beauty of Christ’s righteousness as displayed by His followers, and the peace that His servants experience when they submit themselves to God’s law.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
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from Discovery House Publishers
for Adult
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by Gary Thomas
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Awe
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from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
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by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
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Basic Christianity
by John Stott
2nd edition from InterVarsity Press
in Beginning Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-BEG)
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Basic Christianity
by John Stott
2nd edition from William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
in Beginning Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-BEG)
$7.99
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by John Bolt
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for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
Be Still My Soul
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Self-Image
by Jay Adams
from Harvest House
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$9.99 $6.00 (2 in stock)
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by Toby J. Sumpter
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Jesus Christ (Location: XTH-JES)
Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life
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from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
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from Zondervan
for Adult
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
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by Jon Walker
from Leafwood Publishing
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in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Business of Heaven
by C.S. Lewis
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for 10th-Adult
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$15.29
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by C. S. Lewis
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from Tyndale House
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$14.99
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Theologians on the Christian Life
by Michael Horton
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
Carved in Ebony
by Jasmine L. Holmes
from Bethany House
for 10th-Adult
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$15.29
Caught Off Guard
by William P. Smith
1st edition from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$12.00
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by Martha Zimmerman
from Bethany House
for Adult
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$16.99
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by Bruce Ray
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by Richard J. Foster
25th Anniversary from HarperCollins
for Adult
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Character is Destiny
2020 Living Book Press Edition from Living Book Press
for Adult
in Ethics (Location: XCL-ETH)
$14.99
Christ Formed in You
by Brian G. Hedges
from Shepherd Press
for 10th-Adult
in Pursuing Holiness (Location: XCL-HOLY)
$15.95
Christ in Relationships - DVD
by Jim Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Canon Audio (Location: XMED-CAN)
$20.00
Christian in Complete Armour
by William Gurnall, edited and introduced by James S. Bell, Jr.
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Christian in Complete Armour
by William Gurnall, edited and introduced by James S. Bell, Jr.
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Christian Life
by Sinclair B. Ferguson
from Banner of Truth Trust
for 11th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.50
Christian's Secret of a Happy Life
by Hannah Whitall Smith
from Hendrickson Publishers
for 9th-Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Christian's Secret of a Happy Life
by Hannah Whitall Smith
from Moody Press
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by C. John Miller & Barbara Miller Juliani
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
in Parenting Teens (Location: XFA-PAR)
$11.99
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by Robert C. Beasley
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Foreword by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Touchstone
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.14
Counterfeit Gods
by Timothy Keller
from Riverhead Books
for Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
Crazy Busy
by Kevin DeYoung
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.19
Crazy Love
by Francis Chan
Revised and Updated from David C. Cook
for 10th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$12.00
Crisis of Responsibility
by David L. Bahnsen
from Post Hill Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$16.99
Cross Centered Life
by C. J. Mahaney
from Multnomah Books
for Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$6.50
Crossroads
by Colin Creel
from Crossway Books
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in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$12.99 $7.00 (1 in stock)
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by R. J. Rushdoony
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$26.00
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by John Piper
from Multnomah Books
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$13.99
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by Loren Cunningham
from YWAM Publishing
for 4th-7th grade
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$9.99 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Decision Making & the Will of God
by Garry Friesen with J. Robin Maxson
25th Anniversary Edition from Multnomah Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Desiring God
by John Piper
10th edition from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Desiring God
by John Piper
2nd edition from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
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by R. C. Sproul
from Ligonier Ministries
for 8th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Devoured by Cannabis
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in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$14.95
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from Christian Focus Publications
for Adult
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$11.00
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in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$14.99
Discipline
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
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by Jerry Bridges
from NavPress
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in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Discipline of Grace
by Jerry Bridges
from NavPress
for 10th-Adult
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$14.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Discipline of Grace - Study Guide
by written by Jerry Bridges
from NavPress
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?
by J. Ligon Duncan III, Nicholas J. Reid
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$13.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Dug Down Deep
by Joshua Harris
from Multnomah Books
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$8.00
Dug Down Deep
by Joshua Harris
from Multnomah Books
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Dynamic Heart in Daily Life
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for Adult
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$21.00
Edwards on the Christian Life
Theologians on the Christian Life
by Dane C. Ortlund
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
Enemy Within
by Kris Lundgaard
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$9.99
Entertainment Standards - CD
by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
Christian Living for High School-Adult
in Canon Audio (Location: XMED-CAN)
$3.00
Ethics
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from Touchstone
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$14.40
Every Good Endeavor
by Tim Keller
from Dutton Adult
for Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$18.95
Every Good Endeavor
by Timothy Keller
from Riverhead Books
for Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$9.50 (1 in stock)
Existence and Attributes of God
by Stephen Charnock
from Baker Books
for 11th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$75.00 (1 in stock)
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by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King
Revised & Expanded from Broadman & Holman
for 9th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
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Revised from Lifeway Christian Resources
for 7th-12th grade
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$9.00 (2 in stock)
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by Darrell W. Johnson
from Regent College
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$10.00
Extravagant Grace
by Barbara Duguid
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$12.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Face to Face
by Steve Wilkins
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$14.00
Face to Face - CD
by Steve Wilkins
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$17.00
Faith. Hope. Love.
by Mark Jones
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Family Worship Book
by Terry L. Johnson
from Christian Focus Publications
for 11th-Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIB-FAWO)
$19.50
Fault Lines
by Voddie Baucham Jr.
from Salem Books
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$24.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Fight to the Death
by Wayne A. Mack, Joshua Mack
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Finding God in Unexpected Places
by Philip Yancey
from Vine Books
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Finishing Well to the Glory of God
by John Dunlop, MD
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Fit Bodies, Fat Minds
by Os Guinness
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Forgive
by Timothy Keller
from Viking Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$27.00
Friendship: The Master-Passion
by Henry Clay Trumball
from Solid Ground Christian Books
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
From Good to Grace
by Christine Hoover
from Baker Books
for Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$14.99
Glory of His Life
by Watchman Nee
from Christian Fellowship Publishers
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
God at Work
by Gene Veith
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$9.00 $5.00 (1 in stock)
God at Work
by Gene Veith
2nd edition from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$15.99
God Loves Broken People
by Sheila Walsh
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$9.50 (1 in stock)
God of All Comfort
The Christian Library
by Hannah Whitall Smith
from Barbour Publishing
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
God's Will: God's Best for Your Life
by Josh McDowell, Kevin Johnson
from Bethany House
for 7th-12th grade
in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW)
Gospel at Work
by Greg D. Gilbert, Sebastian Traeger
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$16.99
Gospel Comes with a House Key
by Rosaria Butterfield
from Crossway Books
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel for Real Life
by Jerry Bridges
from NavPress
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel in Life - Study Guide
by Timothy J. Keller
from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$5.50 (2 in stock)
Gospel Primer for Christians
by Milton Vincent
from Focus Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$10.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel Wakefulness
by Jared C. Wilson, foreword by Ray Ortlund
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Grace Abounding in a Believer's Life
by Charles Spurgeon, compiled and edited by Robert Hall
from Emerald Books
for Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Grand Weaver
by Ravi Zacharias
Book Club from Zondervan
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Greatest Among You
by Randy Sims
from Worldview Academy
for 9th-12th grade
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
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