Voyage of Discovery: The Ups and Downs of the Christian Life

Voyage of Discovery: The Ups and Downs of the Christian LifeAuthor Derek Thomas ISBN 9780852347423 Pages 204 This title has a new cover and layout for 2018 (originally published 2001 and revised 2011) . It retains its original ISBN. Derek Thomas introduces readers to the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 134) with a dual purpose. First of all the Psalms themselves are explained with plenty of practical explanation and encouragement, so that over a two week period Christians will be immersed in these helpful

Author Derek Thomas

ISBN 9780852347423

Pages 204

This title has a new cover and layout for 2018 (originally published 2001 and revised 2011) . It retains its original ISBN. Derek Thomas introduces readers to the ‘Psalms of Ascent’ (Psalms 120-134) with a dual purpose. First of all the Psalms themselves are explained with plenty of practical explanation and encouragement, so that over a two-week period Christians will be immersed in these helpful passages, learning and growing as they go. As Sinclair Ferguson says in the Foreword: Derek Thomas is a reliable, widely respected, long-experienced student of Scripture and the spiritual life, a pastor of Christ’s sheep, a scholar, a theologian and a teacher of theological students. So here is a clinician of the soul who can be trusted to give reliable guidance and solid biblical wisdom. Secondly, these studies are designed to encourage the practice of keeping a spiritual journal, of which Dr Donald Whitney (Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky) says ‘A journal is one of the best places for charting your progress in the spiritual disciplines and for holding yourself accountable to your goals.’

C J Mahaney of Sovereign Grace Ministries says: If you have ever wondered what it means to “be spiritual,” you're not alone. And the answer is simpler than you might expect: Christian spirituality is a lifelong immersion in the gospel, God's disclosure of himself in Christ. In A Voyage of Discovery, Derek Thomas steers us away from the swamps of mysticism, personal experiences, ecstasy, and introspection, and toward the firm foundation of Scripture. Let him lead you through this study of Psalms 120-134 so that you might understand and experience what it means to be truly spiritual.'

Derek W. H. Thomas is a reformed pastor and theologian known for his teaching, writing and editorial work. He is currently the Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, South Carolina), and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.He is a widely published author.