I
just finished reading the book Make Me Like
Jesus. It is the deepest, most beautiful
book I’ve ever read.”
—AT
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A
20th and 21st Century Bibliography
of His Published Works
A
listing of all the published works of Michael Phillips
NON-FICTION
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
“We
have gained more spiritually from your writing
than from any pastor or church.
—S &MS
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A
Christian Family in Action, 1977
Growth of a Vision, 1977
Does Christianity Make Sense?, 1978
Blueprint For Raising A Child, 1978
A Survival Guide For Tough Times, 1979
Control Through Planned Budgeting, 1979
“A God To Call Father worked
a miracle in my life.”
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Building
Respect, Responsibility, & Spiritual Values In Your
Child, 1981
A Vision For the Church, 1981
Getting More Done In Less Time, 1982
In Quest of Gold (with Jim Ryun), 1984
George
MacDonald, Scotland's Beloved Storyteller, 1987
There are many secondary aspects of God’s
will that are good, right, and scriptural elements
of spirituality with which we should be concerned.
We do well to understand these, and to pray
for God to develop them within us. Books and
sermons and Bible studies and conferences by
the hundreds of thousands focus on this multitude
of secondary things every day throughout the
land as we devote a lifetime of energy to various
lesser elements of spirituality.
But what is God’s primary will
for his people?
No doubt God wants to bless us. But is that
his highest desire? What is it that God wants
to do in your life, and in mine, above all other
things?
What is the summum bonum, the greatest
thing, the “supreme good” of life—the
most perfect, ultimate purpose that is in God’s
mind and heart when he thinks of you
and me?
It can be simply stated: That we become sons
and daughters of God who are conformed to the
image of Christ…Obviously this is a process—a
long process, a lifelong process. We
don’t love or think or respond or trust
God like Jesus did.
But make no mistake, to turn us into the kind
of people who can do so—with infinitesimally
tiny baby steps to begin with, then growing
steadily more capable of it as our lives progress—is
the whole point of Christianity. There is simply
nothing else that the Christian life is about
than this. We will never do so perfectly in
this life. But it is toward this end that God
is leading us, and toward this divine “center”
that the prayer of Christlikeness aims us.
It will be clear that such a transformation
into men and women that reflect the nature of
Jesus Christ is not something that can be accomplished
externally. Christians these days are fond of
external proclamations. But we’re talking
here about something of an entirely different
nature than a bumper sticker or worship service
or thirty day program can achieve.
The kind of sonship and daughterhood that is
in God’s heart to accomplish will not
come about by outward manifestation. It can
only happen inwardly, as we become people of
a certain nature and character.
God wants more than mere believers. He wants
more than mere worshippers. He wants more than
people who can parrot back doctrinally correct
spiritual phrases. He wants more than men and
women forever seeking new experiences and highs
and blessings.
He is involved in the enterprise of fashioning
sons and daughters.
—From Make Me Like Jesus
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Good
Things To Know, 1992
Good Things To Remember, 1993
A God To Call Father, 1994
The Eleventh Hour, Study Guide, 1995
A Tribute, 1997
Best Friends For Life (with Judy Phillips), 1997
Raise Up A Standard, 1998
Universal Reconciliation, 1998
God, A Good Father, 2001
Jesus, An Obedient Son, 2002
Make Me Like Jesus, 2003
Is Jesus Coming Back As Soon As We Think?, 2004
EDITED/REDACTED
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS-
"THE NEW CLASSICS" OF GEORGE MACDONALD
The
Fisherman's Lady, 1982
The Marquis' Secret, 1982
The
Baronet's Song, 1983
The
Shepherd's Castle, 1983
The
Musician's Quest, 1984
The
Tutor's First Love, 1984
The
Maiden's Bequest, 1985
The
Curate's Awakening, 1985
The
Lady's Confession, 1986
The
Baron's Apprenticeship, 1986
The
Highlander's Last Song, 1986
The
Laird's Inheritance, 1987
The
Gentlewoman's Choice, 1987
A
Daughter's Devotion, 1988
The
Minister's Restoration, 1988
The
Peasant Girl's Dream, 1989
The
Landlady's Master, 1989
The Poet's Homecoming, 1990
Discovering
the Character of God, 1989
Knowing
the Heart of God, 1990
Wee
Sir Gibbie of the Highlands, 1990
Alec
Forbes and His Friend Annie, 1990
At
the Back of the North Wind, 1991
The
Adventures of Ranald Bannerman, 1991
A
Time To Grow, 1991
A
Time To Harvest, 1991
Wisdom
To Live By, 1996
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“Somehow
I feel as though I am not writing to a stranger,
but a fellow pilgrim on the same narrow road.”
—RG
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It is enough that the man who refuses to assert
himself, seeking no recognition by men, leaving
the care of his life to the Father, and occupying
himself with the will of the Father, shall find
himself, by and by, at home in his Father’s
house, with all his Father’s property
his.
—George MacDonald
The Hope of the Gospel
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