The Training of the Twelve: Timeless Principles for Leadership DevelopmentThe monumental classic on discipleship and leadership training. A complete exposition of how Christ prepared His twelve disciples. |
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Page 43
... light of the world raised above others in spirit and character , to draw them upwards , and lead them to glorify God . Next , with more detail , Jesus exhibited the righteousness of the kingdom , and of its true citizens , in contrast ...
... light of the world raised above others in spirit and character , to draw them upwards , and lead them to glorify God . Next , with more detail , Jesus exhibited the righteousness of the kingdom , and of its true citizens , in contrast ...
Page 54
... light , and truth , and grace , earnestly desired but long withheld . It was well for the church that her first ministers needed this lesson on prayer ; for the time comes in the case of most , if not all , who are spiritually earnest ...
... light , and truth , and grace , earnestly desired but long withheld . It was well for the church that her first ministers needed this lesson on prayer ; for the time comes in the case of most , if not all , who are spiritually earnest ...
Page 55
... light , and to get instead deeper darkness ; for faith , and to be tormented with doubts which shake cherished convic- tions to their foundations ; for sanctity , and to have the mud of corruption stirred up by temptation from the ...
... light , and to get instead deeper darkness ; for faith , and to be tormented with doubts which shake cherished convic- tions to their foundations ; for sanctity , and to have the mud of corruption stirred up by temptation from the ...
Page 73
... light magnanimously confessing his inferiority , the greater magnifying the worth of His humble fellow - servant . What a refreshing contrast was thus presented to the mean pas- sions of envy , prejudice , and detraction so prevalent in ...
... light magnanimously confessing his inferiority , the greater magnifying the worth of His humble fellow - servant . What a refreshing contrast was thus presented to the mean pas- sions of envy , prejudice , and detraction so prevalent in ...
Page 91
... light of the principle , and to reject or disregard those in which the principle had either been mistakenly applied , or , as was for the most part the case with the Pharisees , lost sight of altogether . The key to all Christ's ...
... light of the principle , and to reject or disregard those in which the principle had either been mistakenly applied , or , as was for the most part the case with the Pharisees , lost sight of altogether . The key to all Christ's ...
Contents
XXXIV | 281 |
XXXVI | 297 |
XXXVIII | 317 |
XXXIX | 326 |
XL | 341 |
XLII | 350 |
XLIII | 356 |
XLV | 368 |
XLVI | 378 |
XLVII | 389 |
XLVIII | 411 |
XLIX | 423 |
L | 436 |
LI | 449 |
LII | 463 |
LIII | 464 |
LIV | 471 |
LV | 480 |
LVI | 488 |
LVII | 497 |
LVIII | 506 |
LIX | 515 |
LX | 524 |
LXI | 532 |
LXII | 538 |
LXIII | 547 |
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apostles appear become believe Bethsaida blessed bread brethren called Capernaum character Christ Christian church comfort concerning cross death disciples discourse divine kingdom doctrine doubt eternal evangelist evil exorcist expression fact faith Father feelings follow fruit Galilee give glory God's Gospel grace hath hearers heart heaven holy hope Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John John vi John xv Judas Judas Iscariot kingdom of heaven Lord Lord's Luke Mark Master Matt means merely Messiah mind ministry miracle moral multitude nature occasion offence parable passion person Peter Pharisees pray prayer preaching present promise prophet question reference regard religion religious remark reply resurrection righteousness Sabbath Sadducees sermon simply sinners Socinian sons of Zebedee sorrow soul speak spirit spoken suffer synoptical Gospels teaching Thee things Thou thought tion true truth twelve unto uttered virtue words
Popular passages
Page 61 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 186 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 254 - It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 185 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Page 282 - And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
Page 351 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord, neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Page 444 - Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God.
Page 117 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak ; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 115 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Page 380 - Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me : and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; so now I say to you.