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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... occasion to observe in my reading of books on the Gospel history that it is possible to be so brief and sketchy as to miss not only the latent connections of thought , but even the thoughts them- selves . The changes have not all been ...
... occasion to observe in my reading of books on the Gospel history that it is possible to be so brief and sketchy as to miss not only the latent connections of thought , but even the thoughts them- selves . The changes have not all been ...
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... occasion became acquainted with Jesus ? That would make a wide difference between him and the other evangelists , who could know of the incidents here related , if they knew of them at all , only at second hand . In the case supposed ...
... occasion became acquainted with Jesus ? That would make a wide difference between him and the other evangelists , who could know of the incidents here related , if they knew of them at all , only at second hand . In the case supposed ...
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... occasions . They needed no injunction to seek the acquaintance of one in whom they felt so keenly interested : all they needed was to know that this was He . They were as anxious to see the Messianic King as the world is to see the face ...
... occasions . They needed no injunction to seek the acquaintance of one in whom they felt so keenly interested : all they needed was to know that this was He . They were as anxious to see the Messianic King as the world is to see the face ...
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... occasion for such nomadic discipleship was done away . To be present with Him thereafter , men needed only to forsake their sins . The words recorded in Luke xxii . 28 , as spoken by Jesus to the disciples on the night before His death ...
... occasion for such nomadic discipleship was done away . To be present with Him thereafter , men needed only to forsake their sins . The words recorded in Luke xxii . 28 , as spoken by Jesus to the disciples on the night before His death ...
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... occasion , and that it was given in honor of Jesus . The honor , however , was such as few would value , for the other guests were peculiar . " There was a great company of pub- licans , and of others that sat down with them ; " and ...
... occasion , and that it was given in honor of Jesus . The honor , however , was such as few would value , for the other guests were peculiar . " There was a great company of pub- licans , and of others that sat down with them ; " and ...
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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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.