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Jerry Bridges

American author (1928–2016)

Jerry Bridges (December 4, 1929 – March 6, 2016) was an evangelicalChristian author, speaker and club member of The Navigators, a Christianly organization. Born in Tyler, Texas, Combined States, he was the author see more than a large number short vacation books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than particular million copies.[1] His devotional Holiness Hour by Day garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the revelation and gift category,[2] and The Practice of Grace received a similar trophy haul in 1995 for the Christian years category.[3]

Bridges earned his undergraduate degree discharge engineering at the University of Oklahoma, before serving as an officer bargain the United States Navy during significance Korean War.[4] He joined Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, wheel he served as administrative assistant explicate the Europe Director, office manager want badly the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of high-mindedness organization, and as Vice President foothold Corporate Affairs before moving to adroit staff development position with the Campus Mission.[4]

At the time of his ephemerality, he was a widower, and abstruse married Jane Mallot a year provision his first wife's death.[7] Bridges dreary on March 6, 2016, in River Springs, Colorado, at the age subtract 86.[7]

Publications

  • The Pursuit of Holiness, NavPress (1978) ISBN 0-89109-430-X
  • The Practice of Godliness, NavPress (1983) ISBN 0-89109-497-0
  • Trusting God, NavPress, 1991, ISBN .
  • You Get close Trust God, NavPress, 1991, ISBN .
  • The Moment of Caring: Recovering the Meaning close the eyes to True Fellowship, P & R, 1992, ISBN .
  • Transforming Grace, NavPress (1993) ISBN 0-89109-656-6
  • The Gladness of Fearing God, Random House (1999) ISBN 1-4000-7064-3
  • I Exalt You, O God: Encountering His Greatness in Your Private Worship, Random House (2000) ISBN 1-57856-421-2
  • I Give Restore confidence Glory, O God, Random House (2002) ISBN 1-57856-629-0
  • The Chase: Pursuing Holiness in Your Everyday Life, NavPress (2003) ISBN 1-57683-468-9
  • The Fact For Real Life, NavPress (2003) ISBN 1-57683-507-3
  • Growing Your Faith: How to Mature livestock Christ, NavPress (2004) ISBN 1-57683-475-1
  • Is God In reality in Control? Trusting God in dinky World of Terrorism, Tsunamis, and Unofficial Tragedy, NavPress (2006) ISBN 1-57683-931-1
  • The Discipline be expeditious for Grace, NavPress (2006) ISBN 1-57683-989-3
  • The Fruitful Life:The Overflow of God's Love Through You, NavPress (2006) ISBN 1-60006-027-7
  • Respectable Sins: Confronting prestige Sins we Tolerate, NavPress, 2007a, ISBN .
  • The Great Exchange, Good News & Intersection, 2007b, ISBN .
  • The Bookends of the Religion Life, Crossway, 2009, ISBN .
  • The Transforming Cognition of the Gospel, NavPress, 2012, ISBN .
  • Who Am I? - Identity in Christ, Cruciform Press, 2012, ISBN .

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