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050 0 4 _aBV4509.F529.S747 2000
100 1 _aFischer, John,
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245 1 0 _a12 steps for the recovering Pharisee (like me) /
_cJohn Fischer.
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246 3 _aTwelve steps for the recovering Pharisee (like me)
260 _aMinneapolis, Minnesota :
_bBethany House Publishers,
_c(c)2000.
300 _a171 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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505 0 0 _aStep 1. We admit that our single most unmitigated pleasure is to judge other people --
_tStep 2. Have come to believe that our means of obtaining greatness is to make everyone lower than ourselves in our own mind --
_tStep 3. Realize that we detest mercy being given to those who, unlike us, haven't worked for it and don't deserve it --
_tStep 4. Have decided that we don't want to get what we deserve after all, and we don't want anyone else to either --
_tStep 5. Will cease all attempts to apply teaching and rebuke to anyone but ourselves --
_tStep 6. Are ready to have God remove all these defects of attitude and character --
_tStep 7. Embrace the belief that we are, and will always be, experts at sinning --
_tStep 8. Are looking closely at the lives of famous men and women of the Bible who turned out to be ordinary sinners like us --
_tStep 9. Are seeking through prayer and meditation to make a conscious effort to consider others better than ourselves --
_tStep 10. Embrace the state of astonishment as a permanent and glorious reality --
_tStep 11. Choose to rid ourselves of any attitude that is not bathed in gratitude --
_tStep 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we will try to carry this message to others who think that Christians are better than everyone else.
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650 0 _aChristian life.
650 0 _aPharisees
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