A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
Table of Contents
1 The Master Key
2 The Master Purpose
3 The Master Plan
4 Obedience
5 The Filling of the Spirit
6 Confession
7 Love
8 Prayer
9 Hope
10 Bible Study
11 Fellowship
12 Witnessing
13 Discernment
Selected Quotes
- “The Bible is perennially fresh. In every generation and every age, the Bible proves itself to be alive and relevant. Its riches are inexhaustible, its depths unfathomable.” (17)
- “Certainly there are other keys, each unlocking a unique, treasured principle of spiritual growth. But they are all based on this one great master key: Each one is a principle from the Word.” (22-23)
- “Spiritual maturity is simply concentrating and focusing on the person of God until we are caught up in His majesty and His glory.” (41)
- “Thus our Lord established love as the highest of all spiritual virtues. The apostle Paul confirmed the superiority of love: ‘Now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love’.” (107)
- “And as you humble yourself, spend time with the Holy Spirit, and pray under His supervision, you will find your life being molded into the very image of Jesus Christ. And that’s what prayer is all about!” (126)
- “Hope is one of the greatest words of the Christian vocabulary. In 1 Corinthians 13:13, Paul gave a triad of Christian virtues, and one of them is hope. Strong hope is a crucial aspect of spiritual maturity.” (127)
- “God sees us as perfect and complete in Christ. Spiritual growth does not affect that. Spiritual growth takes place as we live more consistently with who we are in Christ. The Christian life is the process of becoming what we are.” (158)