Through the Year with William Booth

Stephen Poxon

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William Booth - pawnbroker's assistant, firebrand preacher, advocate of women's rights, friend of the poor, confidant of statesmen, politicians and royalty, father of eight children, champion of the marginalised, and founder and first General of The Salvation Army. General Booth's courage, oratory and passion changed Victorian Britain. He resolutely ignored his critics - including those who decried him as the Anti-Christ - and reached out to those who considered themselves well outside the concern of Almighty God. Prayer and practicality were his hallmarks: he ridiculed the idea of preaching to a beggar while that beggar was cold and hungry. William Booth worked tirelessly, campaigning, researching, negotiating, adapting music-hall songs - and writing. This book introduces us to his heart and convictions. Here we find the urgency, thought and humanity which drove him on.

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• Philosophie et théologie

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• Publié par: Lion Hudson
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780857216151
• Langue: English

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Text copyright © 2015 Stephen J. Poxon This edition copyright © 2015 Lion Hudson
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ISBN 978 0 85721 614 4 e-ISBN 978 0 85721 615 1
First edition 2015
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“There are some people in history who talk of changing the world. Others actually do it. William Booth is not only the latter, but also the founder of The Salvation Army (an international movement of two million soldiers marching to the beat of Isaiah 58). He is a visionary for the whole church. His ability to see into the future, and pull down a new thing for the rest of us to live, is the stuff of prophets and apostles. If there is a voice for our day and our time, bringing social reform and spiritual passion together in a cataclysm of Kingdom Come, it’s William Booth. I recommend you listen and learn and live out all that Booth saw that is still to come.”
– Danielle Strickland
 
“This is a glorious treasure trove of daily readings from the pen of William Booth. Stephen Poxon has created a superb anthology of devotional gems by the founder of The Salvation Army. William Booth richly deserves his twenty-first century comeback as an inspirational guide to the Scriptures.”
– Jonathan Aitken
 
“William Booth was a cataclysmic catalyst for revolutionary change in the spiritual realm, in social welfare, and in the world of justice, always dangerously underrated and still not effectively imitated. Through the Year with William Booth will be a catalyst for revolutionary change in your life – in the spiritual realm, in social action, and in the fight for justice.”
– Stephen Court
 
“Acknowledged as the world over a visionary social reformer, William Booth was first of all a preacher and a student of the Bible. Through a long life devoted to reaching the unconverted, William also poured his heart out in writings which today help us to understand this great man’s vision. Stephen Poxon has quite brilliantly linked William’s words to Scripture giving us a most worthy contribution to our personal devotions.”
– Bramwell Booth
 
 
 
 
 
 
For Dad
Contents
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Bibliography
  A CKNOWLEDGMENTS  
I am truly indebted to the staff of Lion Hudson (Monarch) for their kind and patient guidance throughout the production of this book. M