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For This Day: 365 Meditations
From the first meditation to the last, here are words of love and hope to give you strength and inspiration, not for just a year, but from now on… For it is the gift of J. B. Phillips that he can say what is timeless in a way that is timely and that grows with time. The "thoughts" collected here come mostly from JBP's unpublished writings during his parish days, although some have previously appeared in his many published works. All bring us the insights and experience of one of the most inspired Christian communicators of all time.
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256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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J.B. Phillips
154 books25 followersJohn Bertram Phillips or, J. B. Phillips (16 September 1906 – 21 July 1982) was an English Bible scholar, translator, author and clergyman. He is most noted for his version of The New Testament in Modern English. Phillips was born in Barnes, Surrey. He was educated at Emanuel School in London and took an Honors Degree in Classics and English from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained an Anglican clergyman in the Church of England in 1930. Phillips died in Swanage in Dorset, England in 1982.
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March 29, 2019
Best known for his modern English translation of the New Testament (first edition 1958), the author (born in 1906 and died in 1982) was “limited by the illnesses of the later part of his life.” (p. 7)
These meditations amount to an anthology or collection taken “some from the published work of J B P but even more from unpublished items especially from parish days and ways”. (p.8) As you might gather from the previous quotation, the diction is that of a pre-21st century England. Some snippets are more thought provoking than others, but most are worth consideration. An example: “God is not discoverable or demonstrable by purely scientific means, unfortunately for the scientifically-minded. But that really proves nothing. It simply means that the wrong instruments are being used for the job.” (p. 40)
(This book also appeared under the title “Through the Year with J.B. Phillips”.)
These meditations amount to an anthology or collection taken “some from the published work of J B P but even more from unpublished items especially from parish days and ways”. (p.8) As you might gather from the previous quotation, the diction is that of a pre-21st century England. Some snippets are more thought provoking than others, but most are worth consideration. An example: “God is not discoverable or demonstrable by purely scientific means, unfortunately for the scientifically-minded. But that really proves nothing. It simply means that the wrong instruments are being used for the job.” (p. 40)
(This book also appeared under the title “Through the Year with J.B. Phillips”.)
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