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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Select Passages From The Diary And Letters Of The Late John Blackader, Esq

Select Passages From The Diary And Letters Of The Late John Blackader, Esq

Newton, John

Paperback

Biographies GeneralChristian LivingSpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 9354443931
ISBN13: 9789354443930
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A life laid bare before God, in the quiet ink of a Scottish believer. These pages still burn today. Select Passages from the Diary and Letters of the Late John Blackader, Esq. draws from a rich Christian diary and letters to reveal the inner world of a serious, tender conscience. As a Scottish Presbyterian layman, Blackader records temptations, consolations, and a growing assurance in Christ, offering a Scottish Presbyterian biography told not through events but through the soul. John Newton's careful selection turns private jottings into a spiritual memoir collection, where personal spiritual reflections become windows onto Christian faith and piety in 18th century Scotland and the wider landscape of early modern British Christianity. The diary entries and letters show how ordinary duties, relationships and trials are gathered up into prayerful reflection. It welcomes both the casual devotional reader and the collector of classic Christian literature. For Christian history readers, lovers of Scottish Presbyterian classics, and anyone seeking deeper Protestant devotional life, these pages lend themselves to slow, daily devotional reading as well as sustained study. For readers of John Newton's letters and sermons, Blackader's voice will feel like a kindred, earnest echo from another age: humble, self-searching, Christ-centred. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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