The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers

by Oswald Chambers

If you're a fan of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, this book is an ideal way to get to know his other writings. This elegant hardcover is a compilation of Chambers's more than forty books, including My Utmost for His Highest and three never-before-printed studies, complete in one volume.  
The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers features Join people all over the world who find practical insights into biblical truths and encouragement to serve Christ daily in the teachings of Oswald Chambers.
 

Genres: Christian, Theology, Christianity, Devotional, Faith, Classics, Religion

1504 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

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

[Catherine Burnquist · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my all-time favorite book for expanding and challenging my faith. I have read and re-read favorite sections like IF THOU WILT BE PERFECT; IF YE SHALL ASK; THE LOVE OF GOD; GROW UP INTO HIM; AS HE WALKED; and THE SERVANT AS HIS MASTER. Let me quote from his book: Grow Up into Him: "When God has made me know what I am really like in His sight, it is no longer possible for me to be annoyed at what others may tell me I am capable of. God has revealed it to me already." Most of my life I have been a people-pleaser and I find when reading this book "the truth will set me free." I'd love to hear from others who love this book.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oswald Chambers is clearly one of the most facinating Christians authors, and of course, it would be challenging to give credit to Chambers without recognizing his amazing wife for compiling his writings - truly an act of love and devotion.

[Johnnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most preachers have one or two "revelations" in a sermon. Everything Oswald spoke seems to be phenomenal !

[Minda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will be reading this and adoring it word by word for the rest of my life, I venture to guess. Utmost is just the tip of the iceberg.

[Jeffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book or should I say books! I've been reading My Utmost for His Highest for many years as a daily devotional. I continue to read My Utmost every morning, along with The Complete Works and my Bible. Oswald Chambers writings are always very insightful and thought provoking!

[Laura]

Complete Works Of Oswald Chambers (OSWALD CHAMBERS LIBRARY) by Oswald Chambers (2000)

[J.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, indeed: Yesterday I finished this entire book, which I started reading in August of 2015, the year my dad died. My poor copy is rather battered from heavy usage. It is about as heavy as a brick, after all.
Now . . . I want to start over again from the beginning. So I will. I might not reread every section, but certain studies have picked at my brain ever since I read them. Such as the study on Job and the one on prayer.
I still have so much to learn, so much to REALLY learn (as in, put into daily practice), so why not let Mr. Chambers challenge me again and again?

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Totaling 1486 pages in this hard cover bound collection I will spend my whole life reading and re-reading these exceptional devotional pages, ...including notes, commentaries, bibliographic material, and his excerpts from great pieces of literature.

A Scottish-born preacher, missionary, and extraordinary teacher, Oswald Chambers lived from 1874- 1917. He was certainly God's workmanship, approved unto God, conformed in His image; a man who lived his utmost for His highest.

[Jeremiah · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those interested in anything other than My Utmost, this is the whole shebang. The real downside of this project, and one that almost sabotoges it, is that this is a great book if you like carrying around books as thick as a Webster's dictionary; for that reason alone it almost deserves a two star review, but since it's Chambers it gets three.

[christine chang · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love oswald chambers. i love this book. it's one of my bedside readings.

[Veronica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book I refer to time and time again. Tough read. Very convicting.