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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.

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12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
by Tony Reinke
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$16.99
Anxiety Opportunity
by Curtis Chang
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$18.99
Anywhere He Leads Me
by Corrie Ten Boom
from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Approved Unto God with Facing Reality
by Oswald Chambers
from Discovery House Publishers
for Adult
in Church Ministry & Service (Location: XWO-MIN)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Ashamed of the Gospel
by John MacArthur
3rd edition from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Authentic Faith
by Gary Thomas
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Basic Christianity
by John Stott
3rd edition from William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
in Beginning Christian Apologetics (Location: XAP-BEG)
$14.99
Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Self-Image
by Jay Adams
from Harvest House
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Book Girl
by Sarah Clarkson, foreword by Sally Clarkson
from Tyndale Momentum
for Adult
in Literary Analysis & Reference (Location: LIR-LAR)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Breakfast with Bonhoeffer
by Jon Walker
from Leafwood Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Business of Heaven
by C.S. Lewis
Reissue from HarperOne
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
Call to Wonder
by R.C. Sproul, Jr.
from Tyndale House
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$14.99
Carved in Ebony
by Jasmine L. Holmes
from Bethany House
for 10th-Adult
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$17.99
Caught Off Guard
by William P. Smith
1st edition from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$12.00
Celebrating Biblical Feasts
by Martha Zimmerman
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Jewish Holidays & Traditions (Location: HOLIDAY)
$16.99 $8.50 (1 in stock)
Celebrating the Sabbath
by Bruce Ray
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
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$6.99
Christ Formed in You
by Brian G. Hedges
from Shepherd Press
for 10th-Adult
in Pursuing Holiness (Location: XCL-HOLY)
$15.95
Christian Leader's Guide to Leading with Love
by Alexander Strauch
from Lewis and Roth Publishers
for Adult
in Church Ministry & Service (Location: XWO-MIN)
$6.00 (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
Come Back, Barbara
by C. John Miller & Barbara Miller Juliani
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
in Parenting Teens (Location: XFA-PAR)
$11.99
Commandments of Christ
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)
$15.19
Crazy Busy
by Kevin DeYoung
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.19
Crisis of Responsibility
by David L. Bahnsen
from Post Hill Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$16.99
Crossroads
by Colin Creel
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: XCL-VOC)
$12.99 $7.00 (1 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 (2 in stock)
Discipline
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$14.99
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 - Gift Edition w/DVD
by John Piper
Gift Edition from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Dynamic Heart in Daily Life
by Jeremy Pierre
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$21.00
Enemy Within
by Kris Lundgaard
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$9.99
Ethics
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from Touchstone
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$14.40
Experiencing God
by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King
Revised & Expanded from Broadman & Holman
for 9th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$14.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Experiencing God - Workbook
by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King
Workbook from Lifeway Christian Resources
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$7.00 (2 in stock)
Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ
Library of Spiritual Classics Volume 2
by Jeanne Guyon
from Seedsowers
for Adult
in Devotionals (Location: XCL-DEV)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Experiencing the Trinity
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)
$11.90
Faith. Hope. Love.
by Mark Jones
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.00 (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)
Fit Bodies, Fat Minds
by Os Guinness
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Follow Me
by David Platt, introduction by Francis Chan
from Tyndale House
for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Forever
by Paul David Tripp
from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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
Girl's Club
by Sarah, Sally & Joy Clarkson
from Tyndale Momentum
for Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
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: XCL-VOC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
God at Work
by Gene Veith
2nd edition from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: XCL-VOC)
$17.99
Gospel at Work
by Greg D. Gilbert, Sebastian Traeger
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: XCL-VOC)
$16.99
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
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)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Habakkuk
by Walter J. Chantry
from Banner of Truth Trust
for 10th-Adult
in Bible Commentaries (Location: XBI-COMM)
$9.00
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
by Joanna Weaver
from WaterBrook Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Help for Women Under Stress
by Nanci Alcorn, Randy Alcorn
Revised & Updated from Eternal Perspective Ministries
for Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Hero of Heroes
by Iain Duguid
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$9.99
Holiness
by J. C. Ryle
from Canon Press
for 11th-Adult
in Pursuing Holiness (Location: XCL-HOLY)
$22.95
Hospitality Commands
by Alexander Strauch
from Lewis and Roth Publishers
for 10th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$5.09 $1.80 (1 in stock)
How it all Fits Together
by Bill Smith
from Athanasius Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$18.95
How To Be Free From Bitterness
by Jim Wilson
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$12.00
Idols of the Heart
by Elyse Fitzpatrick
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$14.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
In His Image
by Jen Wilkin
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Inside Out
by Larry Crabb, Lawrence J. Crabb
Rev Upd from NavPress
for Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$15.99
Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
from Zondervan
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$16.99
John Ploughman's Talk
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
Christian Living for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$15.00
Keep a Quiet Heart
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
for Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Knowing God
by J. I. Packer
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$22.99
Knowledge of the Holy
by A. W. Tozer
from HarperCollins
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$17.99
Learning to Walk Alone
by Ingrid Trobisch
Original from Servant Publications
for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Let Justice Roll Down
by John M. Perkins
from Baker Books
for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$15.99
Letters and Papers from Prison
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from Simon and Schuster
Biography for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$13.60
Letters to a Diminished Church
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.99
Life of the Beloved
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
from Crossroad Publishing Co.
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Life Together
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
from HarperOne
for Adult
in Discipleship & Community (Location: XCL-DIS)
$12.74 $4.80 (1 in stock)
Lost in the Middle
by Paul David Tripp
from Shepherd Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Love Does
by Bob Goff
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
Loving the Way Jesus Loves
by Philip Graham Ryken
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Discipleship & Community (Location: XCL-DIS)
$15.99
Mark of Jesus
by Timothy George & John Woodbridge
New from Moody Press
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Mark of the Christian
by Francis A. Schaeffer
2nd edition from InterVarsity Press
for 10th-Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.00
Ministries of Mercy
by Tim Keller
3rd edition from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Church Ministry & Service (Location: XWO-MIN)
$14.44
Money, Greed, and God
by Jay W. Richards
1st edition from HarperOne
for 11th-Adult
in Economics Resources (Location: ECON-REF)
$16.99
No Other Gospel
by Carol J. Ruvolo
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Nothing Is Impossible with God
by Rose Marie Miller
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.50
Overcoming Overload
by Steve Farrar, Mary Farrar
from Multnomah Books
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Own Your Life
by Sally Clarkson
from Tyndale House
for Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Packer on the Christian Life
Theologians on the Christian Life
by Sam Storms
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$11.50
Practical Religion
by J. C. Ryle
from Banner of Truth Trust
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$12.00
Practicing His Presence
by Brother Lawrence, Frank Laubach
from Seedsowers
for Adult
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$10.95 $6.00 (1 in stock)
Practicing Hospitality
by Pat Ennis & Lisa Tatlock
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$14.44
Prayer
by Timothy J. Keller
from Dutton Adult
for 11th-Adult
in Prayer (Location: XCL-PRAY)
$18.00
Prayer of Jehoshaphat
by Stanley D. Gale
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
Puritan Paperbacks #11
by Thomas Brooks
from Banner of Truth Trust
for 11th-Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$11.00
Prodigal God
by Tim Keller
Reprint from Riverhead Books
for Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$17.00
Pure Desire
by Ted Roberts
from Gospel Light Publications
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Pursuit of God
by Aiden W. Tozer
Mass Market Edition from Christian Publications, Inc.
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Pursuit of God
by A. W. Tozer
from Moody Press
for 9th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$4.99
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