The Christian Heritage

ebook Answers for a Searching World (Revised and Expanded)

By Floyd Bland

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Finding peace and serenity in a post-modern, post-pandemic, twenty-first century society with escalating political and social contention, crime, violence, health and safety concerns, and untimely deaths producing anxiety, depression, isolation, and loneliness has been impossible. Or has it? Lasting tranquility is possible when we use the principles Jesus Christ has shown and given us. The Christian Heritage shows us how we can use His captivating model to live productive and fulling lives in an ever-changing world.


Table of Contents

Preface:

Why I Believe in the Christian Heritage

My Story

Living Proof

Changing the World

With Gratitude

Introduction: Called to Glory and Virtue

A Sin Problem

God's Intervention: Jesus Christ

Chapter One: Diligently Add to Your Faith

What is Faith?

The Object of Faith: Jesus Christ

The Result of Faith and Repentance

Chapter Two: Add Virtue to Your Faith

Not for Men Only

Personal Virtue

Social Virtue

God's People Act Differently

Scenario: A Problem with Money

Chapter Three: Add Knowledge to Your Virtue

The Reverend Dr. L. B. Moss

What is Knowledge?

Our Need for Christian Discipleship

Christian Service

The Importance of Christian Experience

Scenario: Double Trouble

Chapter Four: Add Temperance to Your Knowledge

Temperance vs. Self-Indulgence

My Observation

Scenario: What's It Worth?

Chapter Five: Add Patience to Your Temperance

Who Shall Endure?

God's Providence and Preservation

A Persevering Attachment to Christ

Story: A Missionary, a Preacher, and an Old Man

Chapter Six: Add Godliness to Your Patience

God's Holiness and Our Godliness

Godliness Revealed

Scenario: For the Sake of the Call

Chapter Seven: Add Brotherly Kindness to Your Godliness

From Partiality to Family

We Are a Christian Family

Scenario: A True Friend

Chapter Eight: Add Love to Your Brotherly Kindness

A New Commandment

God's Love Becomes Human

The Greatest of These is Love

Scenario: Abiding in Love

Epilogue: Not I, But Christ

One Saturday

Over the Years

The Next Step

Appendices

Appendix A: Suggested Christian Heritage Code

Appendix B: Suggested Scenario Answers

About the Author

The Christian Heritage