Imitating The Maturity Of The Saints Of Old

This past weekend at all our Riv Venues the teaching was from Philippians 3:12-21, focusing on Paul’s challenge for us to imitate the spiritual maturity of faithful Christians in order to point others toward Jesus. For certain we are wise to find living, breathing examples to watch and emulate as they walk and think and try to be like Jesus. In addition, the Christian faith is rich with men and women who have gone before us, having endured for Jesus and been used by God to influence many toward a heavenly future. Below is a list of biographies that we as Pastors have found encouraging and challenging because of the examples of spiritual maturity that lie within.

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas

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A Passion for Souls: The Life of D. L. Moody by Lyle W. Dorsett

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Daws: The Story of Dawson Trotman, Founder of the Navigators by Betty Lee. Skinner

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Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas

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The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Bloom

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Through The Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot

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Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis by George Sayer

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Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland H. Bainton

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George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival – Volume I by Arnold A. Dallimore

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George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival – Volume II by Arnold A. Dallimore

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Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand

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John And Betty Stam: Missionary Martyrs by Vance Christie

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