STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. THE TIME TO PRAY 1
3. PERSONAL INFLUENCE 2
4. SOMETHING BETTER 3
5. A SIN-PROOF SOCIETY 4
6. ENLIGHTENED WORSHIP 5
7. THE INNER VICTORY 6
8. THE WELL OF WATER WITHIN 7
9. CHRIST REPUDIATED 8
10. TIME TO DROP OUT 9
11. THE JOY THAT IS SET BEFORE 10
12. A FORCEFUL CHRISTIANITY 11
13. WHAT IS T H E SOUL? 12
14. THE MOMENTUM OF HISTORY 13
15. THE VICTORY WE SHALL NOT SEE 14
16. BLESSINGS ARE SERIOUS 15
17. THE FAITHFUL BLACK-SHEEP 16
18. I N S T I N C T I V E P R A Y E R 17
19. RELIGION FOR ITS O W N SAKE 18
20. EACH MAN AN END WITHAL 19
21. PRETENSE IS USELESS 20
22. NEW OUTLETS FOR STRENGTH 21
23. A GENTLE EASTER 22
24. OUR FORGOTTEN SERVANTS 23
25. TOO GREAT TO FORGET 24
26. SCRUPULOUS FAIR-DEALING 25
27. THE INNER HARMONY 26
28. THE SIMPLICITY OF CHRIST 27
29. SELF-COMMUNION 28
30. SOMEBODY ELSE IS WORKING 29
31. OFFICIAL WORSHIPPERS 30
32. RAREFIED LOVE 31
33. INARTICULATE NOBLENESS 32
34. APELLES 33
35. THE PUBLIC REGULATOR 34
36. DAVID’S LAMP 35
37. GOD THE COMMANDER 36
38. A SUICIDE CLUB 37
39. SERVANT OF SERVANTS 38
40. RELIGION APPLIES TO SELF 39
41. SOMEONE MUST BEGIN 40
42. GOOD TREASURE IN 41 THE HEART 41
43. THE SOUL’S POWER 42
44. CHRIST’S AUTHORITY 43
45. THE AGE OF NEW THINGS 44
46. COMFORTED BY THE SUFFERER 45
47. CORRECTIVES OF DETACHMENT 46
48. THE INVISIBLE PRESENCE 47
49. THE GUIDANCE OF NEED 48
50. MORAL AUTHORITY 49
51. THE BUSY MAN OF PEACE 50
52. RELIGION AS A SURPRISE 51
53. THERE ARE NO STRANGE GODS 52
54. THE WILL TO BELIEVE 53
55. UNPERTURBED INTEGRITY 54
56. A BESETTING GOD 55
57. IN GOD’S ABSENCE 56
58. BE A WHOLE CITIZEN 57
59. TWO PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION 58
60. HE RUBS US THE WRONG WAY 59
61. RELEASED ENERGY 60
62. GOD THE ENCUMBRANCE 61
63. MONEY AS A SYMBOL 62
64. THE POTENTIAL WE 63
65. THE CASTLE 64
66. PICK UP THE GAUNTLET 65
67. THE METAL AND ITS FORM 66
68. NEGLECTED SOULS 67
69. GRACES OF CHARACTER 68
70. THROUGH HUMAN TO DIVINE 69
71. THE BALANCE OF POWER 70
72. SOMETHING DECENT TO LIVE FOR 71
73. DIFFERENT THEORIES 72
74. THE SONG OF GOD’S HOLINESS 73
75. FLY OFF AT A TANGENT 74
76. FAITHFUL IN THE LEAST 75
77. STRENGTH AND BEAUTY 76
78. SELF-RESPECTING AND UNDAUNTED 77
79. AS OTHERS SEE US 78
80. THE WORLD AS A MEANS 79
81. THE SOLITARY MOMENT 80
82. THE END OF TALK 81
83. THE BLESSED SHADOW 82
84. STEP OUT ON DECK 83
85. A SOLID REALITY 84
86. AN INVISIBLE GOD 85
87. SING YOUR OWN SONGS 86
88. THE REMOTE OBJECTIVE 87
89. PUT A PURPOSE INTO LIFE 88
90. AN EVER-PRESENT GOD 89
91. A GOOD MAN’S SIN 90
92. IN THEIR HEAVENLY LIVERY 91
93. HIS HAPPINESS 92
94. THE NECESSARY CORE 93
95. THE HABIT OF PRAYER 94
96. INEXHAUSTIBLE OBSTACLES 95
97. THE WORST VANDALISM 96
98. COUNTERFEIT FAITH 97
99. THE SUPREME TEST 98
100. A TALE OF MANY CHAPTERS 99
101. FAIL HOPEFULLY 100
102. GOODNESS AND STUPIDITY 101
103. A PRIVATE MATTER 102
104. NEARER TO JERUSALEM 103
105. GOD’S T U RN 104
106. THE DIVINE COMPULSION 105
107. THE MAN AND HIS TIDINGS 106
108. THE BELIEVING MAN 107
109. MORAL SELF-CONFIDENCE 108
110. FOR A SMALL MOMENT 109
111. MORE THAN MAN 110
112. EXPERIMENTAL DISCIPLESHIP 111
113. THE GLITTERING PLAIN 112
114. BECAUSE WE WANT TO 113
115. A LOOK OF EXPECTANCY 114
116. GOOD BRICKS 115
117. A KINDLY MYSTERY 116
118. TOO GOOD TO EXPECT 117
119. THE FORGIVING HABIT 118
120. SIGNS FOLLOWING 119
121. HER FINGER ON HER LIPS 120
122. THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT 121
123. BETTER KEEP SILENCE 122
124. HAPPIEST IN FAILURE 123
125. RELIGION IN GOOD HEALTH 124
126. GOD THE GREAT SUBSTITUTE 125
127. WITHIN THE HUMAN LIMITS 126
128. ABLE TO RECOGNIZE 127
129. THE WILL AND THE DEED 128
130. T H E GARDEN OF THE UNFORGOTTEN 129
131. FAREWELL TO THE OLD 130
132. A HARD CHOICE 131
133. VIOLENT METHODS 132
134. THE INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT 133
135. THE BENIGN EPIDEMIC 134
136. THE DISTORTING MIRROR 135
137. IN THE HEART OF THINGS 136
138. STAINLESS 137
139. CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY 138
140. FACE THE FACT 139
141. USE YOUR IMAGINATION 140
142. THE RIGHT TO BE CHRISTLIKE 141
143. GOD IN THE CLOUD 142
144. IN WAYS OF BEAUTY 143
145. MORE PUZZLING THAN EVER 144
146. A GRACEFUL BEGINNING 145
147. UNFINISHED LABORS 146
148. THE WILL OF GOD 147
149. CODE AND CONSCIENCE 148
150. OUR LITTLE PITCHERS 149
151. SONGS OLD AND NEW 150
152. AN HONORARY COLONEL 151
153. MORE HOPING THAN REMEMBERING 152
154. THE TAX OF FAITH 153
155. A NEW MISTAKE 154
156. THE MAY-FLY ON THE CLOCK 155
157. ANOTHER COMFORTER 156
158. SELF-ADJUSTMENTS OF PRAYER 157
159. HOW AND WHY 158
160. GOD FOUND IN SELF 159
161. GUIDANCE OR COMFORT 160
162. HOME COUNTS MOST 161
163. THE DIVINE INJUSTICE 162
164. COURTESY AND INDEPENDENCE 163
165. SPIRITUAL PATRIOTISM 164
166. MOURNING DOVES 165
167. FREEDOM TO CHOOSE 166
168. INCLUSIVENESS OF LOVE 167
169. THE WHOLE OF THINGS 168
170. TROUT IN THE BROOK 169
171. THE UNFAILING ANSWER 170
172. A POTENTIALLY GOOD WORLD 171
173. THE NEED OF HATRED 172
174. AN EXHAUSTED CHRIST 173
175. SERVANT OR MASTER 174
176. INDIVIDUAL FAITHFULNESS 175
177. THE TREE CAN STAY GREEN 176
178. THE SHINING PATH 177
179. CONVICTION AND ITS VENT 178
180. INNER RADIANCE 179
181. THE DARK INTERVALS 180
182. CHRISTIAN LAUGHTER 181
183. SUPREMELY TRUE 182
184. AN INSULT TO GOD 183
185. STUPIDITY OF SIN 184
186. OVER-WORKED INDIVIDUALISM 185
187. GOD’S M A N 186
188. ANGELICAL WEAVING 187
189. COUNSEL OF DESPAIR 188
190. WE CAN HEAR IF WE WILL 189
191. SILVER LININGS 190
192. PENETRATE THE DISGUISE 191
193. CHRIST AND JOB 192
194. CRISIS-CHRISTIANITY 193
195. ONE HEART 194
196. VICARIOUS FAITH 195
197. THE FIRST ALTAR 196
198. ON THE FIGHTING LINE 197
199. THE GODLY MAN 198
200. THE JOY OF GOOD WORK 199
201. THE SINFUL EXTREMIST 200
202. LIST OF SERMONS 201