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The authors use an extended metaphor to serve up a little book with a big message about two essentials of the Christian life. What do bookends have to do with the Christian life? They are a metaphor that Jerry Bridges has developed over the years, and which he and coauthor Bob Bevington flesh out in this small volume. The two "bookends" explain not only how we as sinners can be made acceptable...

us, shifting our dependence to it should be almost irresistible. But our hearts are deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9), and unless we’re vigilant, our dependence eventually drifts back to us. We’re inclined to hold up our best book from the bookshelf and think, “See this? This is good! I deserve God’s blessing for this one!” In the words of the hymn, we’re “prone to wander, Lord, I feel it.” Staying dependent on the first bookend is a continual process, not a one-time event. We must actively work to see the