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Book Description<\/h2>\n

The name ‘Christian’ (Christ’s one) has been used of the followers of Jesus Christ since the earliest years of the church. But what is a Christian? Amazingly, while multitudes of people throughout the world claim to be Christians, many have very confused ideas about what a Christian really is.<\/p>\n

In The Christian<\/em>, William A. Webster turns to the teaching of Jesus himself and to the documents of the New Testament to answer the basic, but vital question: ‘What is a Christian?’ Rather than ask his question of church leaders, or theologians, or media commentators, he adopts a deceptively simple approach, but one which is so obviously the correct one: he takes us back to the original sources of the Christian faith. There he shows us answers which make for illuminating and gripping reading.<\/p>\n

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1<\/td>\nThe Indwelling Spirit<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJesus Christ, the Perfect Man<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThe Nature of True Conversion<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nThe Glory of God<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThe Life of Worship<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nThe Life of Holiness<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nThe Practice of Holiness<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCommunion with God<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nThe Life of Faith<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nServing and Loving Others<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nConclusion<\/td>\n156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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