In a time when competing and often irreconcilable belief systems seem to dominate all religious conversation in Christianity, N. Graham Standish offers an alternative for leading a spiritual and faithful life. Providing models that embrace elements of many spiritual traditions within Christianity, Discovering the Narrow Path seeks to hold all extremist positions in perfect tension, by integrating their essential truths yet also recognizing their flaws. In doing so, Standish surveys the wisdom of the mystics, the practice of forming a Trinitarian faith, the openness of healing traditions, and the value of balancing prayer and action, as well as spirituality, theology, and religion. Complete with two appendices, one a guide for group study and one an introduction to spiritual reading, Discovering the Narrow Path is an essential resource for those seeking spiritual fulfillment.

The Narrow Path is about forgiveness. It is easy to say that you forgive someone, but since it is almost impossible to forget when you are offended, "true" forgiveness is extremely difficult to release. Scripture says you should forgive someone who wronged you seventy times seven times. Jesus is not saying to forgive 490 times; he's talking about forgiving in the most extreme situations—for example, the 430 years of the Israelites' captivity in Egypt. The Narrow Path explores a situation when two men meet along a path (one is a murderer, the other the victim) in a place where time has no meaning. Jesus forgave even the people who crucified him (Luke 23:34), but we sometimes cannot forgive even the slightest wrong against us. We must remember that the path to heaven is very narrow, so if you have an unforgiving and bitter heart, you cannot receive the kingdom of heaven. Can you love your enemy enough to forgive him? Overcoming an unforgiving heart cannot be done without the Holy Spirit because he provides the fruit: love, peace, joy, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, kindness, and self-control. The Narrow Path tells the story of a case of forgiving a difficult wrong and repenting and how God forgives us as well.

Sounding the trumpet of God as a prophetic warning! The Christian church has become lukewarm. God is calling his people to repent and turn from their wicked ways, then Jesus will hear from heaven and heal their land. Jesus will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and turn the hearts of the children to the fathers. The time is now to have a spiritual awakening. It's time to examine ourselves and ask Jesus to cleanse us of all unrighteousness. Not to just forgive our sins, but to deliver us from our sins. There are many Christians that are in bondage to many temptations from the devil. The good news is that there is power available to every child of God to break those chains that hold them captive to Satan. The power of God is in his word. My book will lead the reader to experience a new freedom in Christ and to stay on the narrow path that Jesus said few will find.

"Following Jesus on the Narrow Path to God," is a book that explores the hard choices for following Jesus throughout our lifetime; despite the busy nature of our lives and the many distractions the world often entices us with each day. God is calling every person in the world to come home to Him in heaven, but this pathway can only be found through Jesus at the Cross on Calvary. It is a journey where we must decide who we want to follow in life. Will we follow Jesus or will we follow the World? One path leads to everlasting life, while the other path leads to death. I will share with you many lessons the Lord has given me to strengthen me in my own journey from a wheelchair. Inside the book, "Following Jesus on the Narrow Path to God," you will be given a chance to explore many areas within each of your lives and you will see how these areas have impacted your faith: - The two different roads in life - Knowing thy self - The need for mercy - Knowing God - Following Jesus - Accepting help from the Holy Spirit - Finding your place in the Church

The Grace of God has been poured out to everyone, and it teaches us to say "No" to sin, and live pure and holy lives for God. The Gospel of Christ is our only Way to Heaven. The forgiveness of God coming from the Cross of Christ is offered to all human beings. Repentance unto holiness before the Lord Almighty is the key for meaningful and eternal relationship with God!

These essays deal with the history of the past half-century, facing the world's encouraging as well as saddening developments, from the Nuremburg Trials to Saddam Hussein and the absurdities of Ezra Pound. One group of essays confronts the idea of history and what the past should mean.

Synopsis: Deciding to walk away from God did not come easily or quickly for Lin Wilder. Nor did the decision to return. As she explains: Exactly how much of my personal life should be included in this book has been a tough decision to make. This is, after all, the story of a conversion, not an autobiography. Many of my choices, judgments, and their consequences remain painful, even humiliating to revisit, writing them down, even more so. Initially, I questioned the relevance of describing elements of my career, education and relationships with men- in short, my pre-Catholic world in detail. Since I did not convert until midlife, there are a lot of territories to cover. But I realize that my use of the term 'lost years' makes no sense unless I place them squarely in the context of the person I was then. Without the details of my early life, unpleasant as they are to recall, much less write, this sense of drifting and of aimlessness are merely words which lack substance. They are unidimensional. In talks to church groups about life with and without my faith, I frequently used 'ground' while I stomped the floor I stood on, forcefully, as I worked to convey what is gained and lost with and without faith. Faith and all which accompanies religion like regular church attendance and a belief that there is something greater here, someone present, informs our decisions and choices, even our goals. Just so, its absence widens all boundaries. More and more is acceptable. This, at times, brutally honest story of the reasons for Wilder's walk away from God, then years later, return, cannot fail to provoke and challenge. Her decision to reveal intimate and painful details of the life lived during the years she refers to as 'lost' will cause even the most devoutly faithful reader to take a peek at the shadows of the self we hide from the world and from ourselves. Critique: An exceptionally candid account that is impressively well written, organized and presented, "Finding the Narrow Path: Patterns, Faith and Searching" is an inherently fascinating and consistently compelling account that is as informative and thoughtful as it is insightful and ultimately inspiring. While very highly recommended for Christian Studies reading lists, it should be noted that "Finding the Narrow Path" is also available in a Kindle format ($6.99). midwestbookreview.com/sbw/dec_16.htm#ChristianStudies

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Treading the Narrow Way" by Robert Emmet Barrett. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Throughout the ages, the hidden wisdom of Jesus has been whispered about in secret circles and societies. Though many believe they have discovered the truth of the mysterious teachings of Christ, this is simply not true. Jesus himself declared that few would be able to find the path that he was paving. These novel and yet undisclosed ideas will help mankind to transition far beyond the realm of religion and into the new paradigm of enlightenment. Be prepared to be astounded and transformed by the veiled and esoteric knowledge of Jesus as it comes to light through the chapters of this book. Things are simply not as we have been taught in religion! Become one of the few to decode the parables and deepest philosophies of Jesus. Jesuss unique and widely unknown ideas on truth and spirituality can help us uncover the meaning of life and answer the most profound questions of existence. The truth will also aid one in discovering an unwavering hope and peace.

The Narrow Way is an honest account of a life, fully lived, under God's all-seeing eye. Although a memoir, it is not a conventional one. No reader will like everything in this book, but every reader struggling with some aspect of life sexual abuse, marriage, militarism, prison, the loneliness of the American experience, the failure of democratic institutions, the quest for self-knowledge, the search for God can find something interesting and useful in it. Opening with an examination of the long-term damage done to sexually abused children, Part One covers the problems of marriage, the significance of dreams, art, and literature, an insight into suffering, an approach to understanding Scripture, and the social impact Jesus had on His society via teachings that we are still refusing to take seriously. In Part Two, the author gives an overview of the impact of the so-called "Enlightenment," a period that promised a better human type living in an improved world, but that brought the human family instead to non-stop, high-tech war-making, rampant resource consumption, and an on-coming social, environmental, and economic catastrophe precisely because Christians, seduced by the products of the machine, have steadily diluted their commitment to Christ, who showed us the "narrow way that leads to life." The Narrow Way the result of fifty years of hard study of the intellectual and social trends of the past 250 years is a challenging book. Starting where theologian Reinhold Niebuhr left off, it critiques the so-called American way of life and calls for change.