Faith: A Holy Walk

by Oswald Chambers, Julie Ackerman Link, Julie Link (Compililation)

Oswald Chambers' writings are filled with thoughts on faith because his life was filled with A Holy Walk is a treasury of all he wrote about this vital spiritual discipline. This volume is a compilation of faith-related meditations taken from several of his books

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Oswald Chambers was born to devout parents in Aberdeen, Scotland. At age 16, Oswald Chambers was baptized and became a member of Rye Lane Baptist Chapel. Even as a teenager, Chambers was noted for his deep spirituality, and he participated in the evangelization of poor occupants of local lodging houses. Oswald married Gertrude in May 1910, and on May 24, 1913, Gertrude gave birth to their only child, Kathleen. In 1915, a year after the outbreak of World War I, Chambers was accepted as a YMCA chaplain. He was assigned to Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt, where he ministered to Australian and New Zealand troops, who later participated in the Battle of Gallipoli. Soon his wooden-framed "hut" was packed with hundreds of soldiers listening attentively to his messages. Confronted by a soldier who said, "I can't stand religious people," Chambers replied, "Neither can I." Chambers was stricken with appendicitis on October 17, 1917 but resisted going to a hospital on the grounds that the beds would be needed by men wounded in the long-expected Third Battle of Gaza. On October 29th, a surgeon performed an emergency appendectomy, but Chambers died November 15, 1917 from a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was buried in Cairo with full military honors. Gertrude, for the remainder of her life published books and articles for him edited from the notes she had taken in shorthand from his sermons. Most successful of the thirty books was, "My Utmost for His Highest", which has never been out of print and has been translated into 39 languages.

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The miracle of the Christian life is that God can give joy in the midst of external misery.”

Note: this review is aimed at those who practice Christianity. If you don’t I am not sure you will see any point to it.

“Faith: A Holy Walk” is really just a collection of thoughts and quotes on the subject of Christian faith taken from 30 of Oswald Chambers’ full length works and devotionals. As a result there is not a lot of depth, more like thought provoking bits to get the Christian to consider their faith. Julie Ackerman Link, who compiled and edited the material here has referenced the larger work that each quote comes from, which I think is an excellent resource for the reader.
I read a couple of pages a day from this short work. That way I actually had the time to ponder and digest what was being said. To sit and read it for great lengths at a time would be a disservice as you would lose a lot by not interacting with the text on a deeper level.
The best use for this book is as a starting point for a daily devotional.
I understand there were more compilations like this made from Chambers' body of work, based on subject, such as this one was “Faith”. I think that is a great idea and I intend to look up more of them. He was a giant Christian thinker and worth your time.

[Tony Parsons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very awesome book covers, some pictures, & great font & writing style. A very well written informative book on various personal religious aspects (Faith). They were all very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. A very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free book (Discovery House)
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Chambers quotes were thought-provoking, but I often felt like I was missing something by reading them out of context. (I would have preferred reading the original books that served as sources.) In addition, the editor's application questions in the middle of each page were superfluous and rather annoying, as the frequent changes in style between the questions and the quotes made for choppy reading.

[Julie Glynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great questions in between each excerpt to consider.