Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (Jesus Calling (R))

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Words that have made her increasingly aware of His presence and allowed her to enjoy His peace (italics mine). I immediately understood that it was prominent in my life and immediately began to take steps to address it. The Jesus of Sarah Young sounds suspiciously like a twenty-first century, Western, middle-aged woman. Listen as you read with full access to companion audiobooks – including Jesus Listens, Jesus Always, and more!

I’ve been blogging daily since 2003 and have written several books, including Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God. Sarah Young had a degree in philosophy from Wellesley College; and earned a master's degree in biblical studies and counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary in St.Nowhere in Scripture do we find Jesus (or his Father) speaking like this: “When your Joy in Me meets My Joy in you, there are fireworks of heavenly ecstasy. The book is written in the voice of Jesus Christ speaking directly to the reader and thereby claiming new revelation from God. According to publisher Thomas Nelson, it “continues to grow in units sold each year since it was released [and] has surpassed 15 million copies sold.

We supply a fantastic range of beautiful, practical and contemporary Christian themed gifts for women, men and children, including jewellery, stationery, art, home decor and prayer and devotional items. Sarah was a dear friend who will be deeply missed,” said Laura Minchew, Senior Vice President and Group Publisher of the Children’s and Gift Book Group at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Nelson is involved in an expansive new marketing campaign that involves a new web site and daily radio devotionals. The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association tracks sales of Christian books, and awards the Platinum Book Award for books whose sales exceed one million, and the Diamond Book Award for sales exceeding ten million. Quotes can be shared to popular social networking sites, such as Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter).

I mean, Jesus’ words to Sarah are literally packaged into a devotional, so that we can do our devotionals from them every day.

With 365 devotions, this padded hardcover edition is a favorite for its small size and is a perfect fit on a nightstand or in a travel bag. Young was a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), where her husband Stephen is an ordained minister and third-generation Christian missionary to Japan.

There is no way to avoid her claim that she is communicating divine revelation, a claim that raises a host of questions and concerns, not the least of which is the doctrine of Scripture alone which assures us that the Bible and the Bible alone is sufficient to guide us in all matters of faith and practice. Legacy users will keep all content purchased prior to the change in December 2023 and can access it without a subscription. As of 2018 they resided in the United States, where Young has two married children and two grandchildren. I had been writing in prayer journals for years, but that was one-way communication: I did all the talking.

If this is, indeed, Jesus speaking, we need to explain why he sounds so markedly different from the Jesus of the gospels or the Jesus of the book of Revelation. If her words are actually from Jesus, how can they be any less authoritative or less binding than any word of Scripture? From 1987 to 1991, Sarah and Stephen were on loan to Mission to North America, working with the Westminster Japanese Church in Atlanta, Georgia. When the path before you is dotted with difficulties, beware of measuring your strength against those challenges. By fabricating the spiritual discipline of listening and elevating it to the first place, she generates confusion about the disciplines that God does prescribe for Christians.It can’t be denied: The Jesus of Sarah Young sounds suspiciously like a twenty-first century, Western, middle-aged woman.