McDermott, Gerald R.

Seeing God : twelve reliable signs of true spirituality / [print] Gerald R. McDermott. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1995. - 252 pages ; 21 cm.



Pt. 1. Spiritual confusion -- part 2. The affections: -- Feelings, beliefs and the affections -- part 3. Unreliable signs of true spirituality: -- Unreliable signs involving religious experience -- Unreliable signs involving religious behavior -- Unreliable signs involving assurance of salvation -- part 4. Reliable signs of true spirituality: -- Let the reader beware -- The first reliable sign: a divine and supernatural source -- The second reliable sign: attraction to God and his ways for their own sake -- The third reliable sign: seeing the beauty of holiness -- The fourth reliable sign: a new knowing -- The fifth reliable sign: deep-seated conviction -- The sixth reliable sign: humility -- The seventh reliable sign: a change of nature -- The eighth reliable sign: a Christlike spirit -- The ninth reliable sign: fear of God -- The tenth reliable sign: balance -- The eleventh reliable sign: hunger for God -- The twelfth reliable sign: Christian practice (Surrender and perseverance) and (suffering and obedience) -- Are you overwhelmed?.



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Spirituality.
Apologetics.
Emotions--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV4501.M478.S445 1995