Eric Liddell, Olympic Gold Medalist and missionary martyr, is one of my heroes. In this short book he lays out his philosophies of pursuing holiness. The emphasis here is on obedience. As he states early on, "One word stands out from all others as the key to knowing God, to having his peace and assurance in your heart: it is obedience."
I think his focus on obeience could have been balanced with more discussion of the Grace of God as a motive for obdience, however since I find it easier personally to drift towards antinomianism, Liddell's emphasis was appreciated.
Liddell's book is divided into Three parts: The Life of Discipleship (a brief description of what Discipleship looks like), A Year of Discipleship (a list of daily scripture readings centered around monthly themes), and The Disciple and the Church (A brief description of the role and relationship of the individual disciple to the people of God and the ordinances of the Church).
Although I did not agree with every thing (eg. Infant Baptism), this is a helpful resource and great reminder to run the race as if to win it.
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