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This book, devotional in tone, collects and concisely presents the Gospel writers' witness to the ethical example of Jesus Christ. Many books have been written about what Christ taught but here James Stalker reflects upon the Lord's recorded actions and interactions, applying the knowledge gleaned to our everyday lives. There's a great deal of rich material here, with chapter titles such as...

and into a wider circle of obedience.* We see the progress of this effort with great clearness in Gethsemane, where in the first access of suffering He says, “Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me;” but at the last is able to say in deep tranquillity, “O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me except I drink it, Thy will be done.” This was the perfection He attained through suffering. It was complete comprehension of the will of God and absolute harmony with it. This is
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