Against the Wind

By Wallis, Jim

Book Id: WPLBN0000701341
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.43 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2004

Title:	Against the Wind
Author:	Wallis, Jim
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Christian literature, Christian theology
Collections:	Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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Publisher:	Christian Classics Ethereal Library


Citation APA MLA Chicago Wallis, J. (n.d.). Against the Wind. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: Since the time of Jesus, small groups of earnest Christians have tried to live by the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount. From St. Francis to the Benedictines to the Anabaptists, living as disciples of Jesus in community has been a sought-for ideal. While many Christians have viewed these ethics as for a time yet to come, others have insisted that Jesus meant for his followers to live them in the here and now. Here is the account of one such Christian.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Table of Contents.iv -- Forewo?d.v -- Preface.vii -- Chapter One 1 -- Chapter Two 14 -- Chapter Three 25 -- Chapter Four 38 -- Chapter Five 51 -- Chapter Six 63 -- Chapter Seven 76 -- Chapter Eight 89 -- Chapter Nine 101 -- Chapter Ten 114 -- Chapter Eleven 127 -- Chapter Twelve 139 -- Chapter Thirteen 152 -- Chapter Fourteen 166 -- Chapter Fifteen 179 -- Chapter Sixteen 192 -- Postscript 205 -- End Notes.207 -- Time Line.234 -- Select Bi?liography.238 -- Index.242