Real Christianity: Discerning True and False Faith (Classics of Faith and Devotion) [Paperback]

William Wilberforce (Author), James M. Houston (Editor), Mark O. Hatfield (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997 | Series: Classics of Faith and Devotion (Book 4)

A Challenge to Make Faith Real

As a young politician, William Wilberforce set out to do two things: rouse professing Christians to understand the nature of true faith, and bring about the end of slavery in England's colonies. Real Christianity challenged the ruling classes of early nineteenth-century England more than any other work. Even today Real Christianity is a tool to soundly teach the tenets of evangelical faith and stir the conscience of all Christians.

THE CLASSICS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION meet the growing hunger of many Christians for a deeper understanding and application of faith. The series presents easy-to-read translations and paraphrases of some of the greatest Christian works of all time.

Each book includes a helpful study guide for individual or group use.

DR. JAMES HOUSTON, editor of the CLASSICS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION, is a highly acclaimed scholar and pioneer in the field of evangelical spirituality. He came to North America from England in 1968 to lead Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, a worldwide center of spiritual formation.

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size : 5.4 x 8.3

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556618328
• ISBN-13: 978-1556618321
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,083,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wilberforce is qualified!, August 4, 2011

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Sheila Schoonmaker (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Christianity: Discerning True and False Faith (Classics of Faith and Devotion) (Paperback)

I needed a reliable book to help me discern what true faith is like compared to false. This book is all a person needs who has the same goal. I doubt nominal Christians will even bother to consider reading material by an Christian author so gifted in spiritual discernment as Wilberforce.

Besides helping true Christians to discern themselves from false ones, this book brings much needed enlightenment to the seriousness of real Christianity.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the man who was instrumental in ridding Britain of Slavery, August 19, 2006

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K. Koch "A Believer" (Laurinburg, NC) - See all my reviews
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Read this expecting to be challenged to clean up your life!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, October 10, 2002

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"brianolutheran" (St. Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Christianity: Discerning True and False Faith (Classics of Faith and Devotion) (Paperback)

I bought this book by accident. I was in a bookstore looking for another book, but ended up walking out with Wilberforce's enduring classic. I first encountered Wilberforce when reading a biography of the American abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Since that time I have had the opportunity to read the life story of the English Great Emancipator himself. Wilberforce may have been small and frail in physical stature but his moral stature is that of a giant. For decades, Wilberforce, an MP in the British Parliament, labored toward two great ends: 1. To abolish the slave trade and slavery itself within Great Britain. 2. To change the decadent and decaying moral culture of his homeland. Real Christianity was written toward goal #2. On reading Real Christianity it is easy to see why it remained an English bestseller for 50 years! Wilberforce's writing is like the man himself. Compassionate, logical, persuasive, determined, humorous, and fair-minded.