The Christians High Calling

A reviewer described Maurice Roberts’ earlier book The Thought of God as ‘a contemporary work with the depth of the classics which speaks across denominational and cultural lines’. His new book has the same classic quality and universal Christian appeal. The theme is the Christian life as a high and glorious calling, with present enjoyment, duties and conflicts, leading to the unutterable glory and holiness of the world to come.

Readers will glimpse afresh the beauty and majesty of God and the priceless privilege of being called to an unending fellowship with him.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Publishers’ Preface         vi

I The Nature of the Christian Life             

1              ‘Where No Vision Is … ‘ 2

2              Two Steps to Happiness                10

3              Evangelical Compassion                17

4              A Well Balanced Christianity        24

5              God’s Thoughts – Far Different from Man’s         31

6              Why Spirituality Comes First        38

7              The Romance of Christian Faith 44

8              First Learned – Worst Learned? 52

9              What Is a Christian?        58

II The Struggle of Faith  

10           The Vulnerability of True Religion             66

11           The Danger of Becoming Battle Weary   74

12           Dealing with Our Deadness         80

13           The Remembrance of Old Sins   87

14           The Christian’s Semi-Perfect State           95

15           The Christian and His Fears          102

16           A Psalm from the Cave: Psalm 142            109

17           Why Is There No Wrestling?        118

18           Watch and Pray                129

III The Christian’s Enjoyment of Grace and Glory              

19           Christ’s Many-Sided Love             138

20           Feeling Christ’s Love Afresh        145

21           The Taste of Grace          152

22           Christians Will Never Be Orphans              158

23           Our State of Probation  165

24           The End of Time               172

25           Soon to See Jesus            180

26           The Christian’s Posthumous Joy                186

IV Faithfulness in the Modern Church   

27           Cleansing the Lord’s House         196

28           Christ’s Unshepherded Sheep   203

29           Man Grasping to Be Superman  210

30           Love of Truth and Its Opposite   218

31           More Than a Dream        225