It has been my privilege to have recorded these two books, the audio versions having been released to the public over the summer. I consider Phillips and MacDonald, together with C.S. Lewis, my three spiritual mentors. The print version of these two books has meant a great deal to me over the years and I’m delighted they are now available in audio format!
The Commands of Jesus is a devotional study by bestselling novelist and devotional writer Michael Phillips, identifying 120 commands of Jesus from the gospels.
Jesus often introduces the subject of obedience with the tiny but eternally significant word if. He recognizes that there are always two paths—obedience and disobedience. He commands obedience. But many will not obey.
This obedience is a natural outgrowth of love:
- If you love me, you will obey my commandments. (John 14:15)
- He who has my commands and keeps them, he it is who loves me. (John 14:21)
- If a man loves me, he will keep my word. (John 14:23)
- You are my friends if you do what I command you. (John 15:14)
Obedience to the Commands of Jesus is a daily, moment-by-moment choice. We make it over and over. We are continually making it. It is a progressive and ongoing choice that defines what it means to love Jesus and be his follower.
The Hope of the Gospel is the fifth and final installment of written sermons produced by George MacDonald in which he discusses his personal beliefs and insights on a variety of subjects including: the beatitudes, the contrast between God’s wisdom and worldly wisdom, and the surprising ways in which he pursues our hearts with gentleness, even when entering our darkest places.
All twelve sermons are exclusively concerned with New Testament texts of the Bible: eight from Matthew, two from Luke, and one each from Mark and Romans.
- Salvation From Sin
- The Remission of Sins
- Jesus in the World
- Jesus and His Fellow Townsmen
- The Heirs of Heaven and Earth
- Sorrow the Pledge of Joy
- God’s Family
- The Reward of Obedience
- The Yoke of Jesus
- The Salt and Light of the World
- The Right Hand and the Left
- The Hope of the Universe