A Time to Grow
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The author of George MacDonald: Scotland's Beloved Storyteller presents a wealth of Christian wisdom culled from the works of the great Victorian writer The nineteenth century author, poet, and Christian scholar George MacDonald has inspired generations with his powerful stories and sermons. Writers from Lewis Carroll to W.H. Auden cite MacDonald as a major influence, while C.S. Lewis has said his books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. In A time to Grow, MacDonald scholar and biographer Michael Phillips combs through the author's many works to provides a selection of brief daily readings. Culled from MacDonald's beloved stories and novels, such as Robert Falconer, At the Back of the North Wind, Sir Gibbie, and many others, each selection imparts a thought-provoking Christian message and is accompanied by a relevant Bible verse.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Tears of Winter/Winds of Summer
- The Glory of a Country Summer
- The Mystery of the Wood
- Awake to Joy
- The Budding Philosophy of Youth
- The Gladness of Summer
- Who But God Could Invent Roses?
- Nature Embodies the Character of God
- The Sweet Music of Summer
- The Lifting of the Heart with a Sense of Presence
- Radiant with Expectation
- A Little Wonder Is Worth Tons of Knowledge
- Nazareth Carpenter
- The Greatest Need of the Human Heart
- Remembering God
- Kindness
- You Cannot Be Convinced There Is No God
- A Man Is a Man No Matter How Far He Is from Manhood
- A Glorious New Day
- Someone to Say Must to Me
- The Eternal Joy of the Universe
- The Story of God's Universe
- A Spirit of Prophecy
- The Deepest Truth of an Evil Theology
- The Idea of God Grows Slowly
- Thorough and Ideal Love
- Trust Work, Not Money
- He Is Your Father, Whether You Wish It or Not
- Thought and Feeling
- Shame in Making Apology or Shame in Doing Wrong
- Nothing Pleases God Like the Truth
- Smoked Glass Held Up in Front of God
- The Compulsion to Seek Help
- What Doth Every Sin Deserve?
- Great and Small in Every Class
- I Cannot Say What You Should Do
- We Must Be Before We Can Do
- A Place to Think
- Denying It or Denying Him?
- The Influence of Ancestors
- The Stirring of Hearts
- Ignorance-Both Punishment and Kindness
- The Place of Misery
- The More Manly Occupation
- The True Measuring Rod
- He Will Be with God
- The Secret of Uncertainty
- The Will of God Is All
- Castles That God Builds
- Error and Truth
- Wait and See What God Will Do
- Finding Truth
- The Proper Response to Meanness
- We Must Make Good Temper Ours
- The Meek Inherit
- Who Are You?
- The Troublesome Condition of Pride
- Have I Done Anything Because He Said Do It?
- Doubt May Indicate a Larger Faith
- Two Advantages-To Be Poor and to Fear God
- How Jesus Loved Women
- The Deepest Cry of the Heart
- Can the Young Obey?
- Qualifications for the Ministry
- When Job Saw God, All Was Well
- They Would Know Better if They Wanted To
- Doing the Truth Is Life Essential
- We Cannot Live by Ourselves
- Dreams Truly Dreamed
- Who Can Say What the Lord Can't Do?
- In the Will Is Strength
- The First Duty of Married People
- Can We Trust Majority Opinion?
- Do Not Try to Set All Things Right
- No Man Is a Fool Who Does His Work
- Does God Give Whatever We Ask?
- True Making, True Creating
- What Is the Truth?
- What Thoughts Demand of Us
- Honor for Honesty
- The Good News Dwelt with Him
- The Call Is to Christlikeness
- A Time to Do or a Time to Wait
- God Sees Differences of Which the World Takes No Heed
- He Knows What You Need
- A Live and Watching Readiness
- To Admire Does Not Make Us Equal with Our Hero
- The Other Side of Death
- Better to Deny God than Rebel Against Him
