Thomas Charles' Spiritual Counsels [Hardcover]

Edward Morgan (Author)

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The North of Wales in the 1770s was one of the least Christian parts of Britain. The next 30 years brought a transformation akin to that of the apostolic era and at the centre of the change was Thomas Charles, "the Lord's gift to North Wales". Debarred from the pulpits of his own denomination, and dependent on his shop-keeper wife at Bala, Charles quietly became the leader of the people (Calvinistic Methodists) whose God-anointed witness gathered thousands to the gospel. This astonishing advance involved Bible distribution, the use of circulating schools, preaching and publishing. More than all these things, there was an outpouring of the Spirit of God and the most enduring lessons of the period have to do with the quality of spiritual life which was then recovered. For insight into genuine, bible-based ethics and Christianity spirituality, Thomas Charles' Spiritual Counsels are as relevant today as they were over two hundred years ago. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 477 pages
• Publisher: Banner of Truth (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851516564
• ISBN-13: 978-0851516561
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,167,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Food for the hungry, May 23, 2001

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This review is from: Thomas Charles' Spiritual Counsels (Hardcover)

My pastor gave me this book for my 40th birthday, and he could hardly have chosen better. While Charles's old-fashioned writing style makes for some tough reading (you really have to FOCUS on every sentence!), it's worth the effort. This is a book of enormous truth and wisdom, its pages simply dripping with sweet words of grace and spiritual nourishment. Charles's opening chapter on pride, his reflections on grace and conscience, and on the worthiness of Christ's sacrifice, are foundational, without parallel, simply life-changing. At times I felt like I was only now beginning to understand the true Christian life. Outside of the Bible, this is one of the few books I've read that really made me LOVE GOD MORE. And what higher compliment could be paid to a work of Christian literature? Highly recommended.