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Temptation: Recognizing and Overcoming Temptation [Updated and Annotated]
Recognizing and Overcoming Temptation
We are out of Paradise now, but the tree of temptation still stands in our life where it stood then – in the middle, where all the roads meet, where we must pass it every day. Every person’s success or sorrow depends on the attitude to it that he adopts.
There are six attitudes we can have in regard to
We may be tempted.We may have fallen before temptation.We may be tempting others.We may be successfully resisting temptation.We may have outlived, or overcome, certain temptations.We may be assisting others to overcome their temptations.
In this short book, James Stalker explores each of these six attitudes we can have towards temptation, and how to best overcome the temptations we face.
About the Author
James Stalker was born in Crieff, Scotland, on February 21, 1848. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and he was ordained as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in 1874. He began his ministry at St. Brycedale, in Kirkcaldy, in that same year, and in 1887 he began pastoral duties at St. Matthew’s in Glasgow. He was also a professor of church history at the Free Church College in Glasgow. James Stalker was a widely known preacher of his day in Scotland and America. He also authored many books, the two best known of which are his Life of Jesus Christ and his Life of St. Paul. James Stalker died on February 5, 1927.
We are out of Paradise now, but the tree of temptation still stands in our life where it stood then – in the middle, where all the roads meet, where we must pass it every day. Every person’s success or sorrow depends on the attitude to it that he adopts.
There are six attitudes we can have in regard to
We may be tempted.We may have fallen before temptation.We may be tempting others.We may be successfully resisting temptation.We may have outlived, or overcome, certain temptations.We may be assisting others to overcome their temptations.
In this short book, James Stalker explores each of these six attitudes we can have towards temptation, and how to best overcome the temptations we face.
About the Author
James Stalker was born in Crieff, Scotland, on February 21, 1848. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and he was ordained as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in 1874. He began his ministry at St. Brycedale, in Kirkcaldy, in that same year, and in 1887 he began pastoral duties at St. Matthew’s in Glasgow. He was also a professor of church history at the Free Church College in Glasgow. James Stalker was a widely known preacher of his day in Scotland and America. He also authored many books, the two best known of which are his Life of Jesus Christ and his Life of St. Paul. James Stalker died on February 5, 1927.
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Published August 30, 2022
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James Stalker
168 books6 followersJames Stalker (1848-1927) was a minister, lecturer and preacher for the Free Church of Scotland (United Free Church). He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he had a career of remarkable distinction, winning prizes in every class. He did especially well in philosophy, and gained the third place in English literature. He went on to New College to study for the ministry. Stalker also spent two summers in Germany where he attended Berlin and Halle, where he studied under Tholuck, Dorner, Weiss, Kostlin, Dillmann and Riehm.
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December 31, 2023
Temptation: Recognising and overcoming temptations
July 19, 2025
it’s a good and easy to read
It is simple and easy to understand, leading you some how to understand that you can overcome temptation by developing a relationship with God through Jesus.
I liked that the author use clear examples and logical approach to the subject, giving the reader the opportunity to understand the main idea.
Why not 5 stars? Because I think this is not a complete book. It feels it has something more to tell but was edited to be short, but it is worth to read it.
It is simple and easy to understand, leading you some how to understand that you can overcome temptation by developing a relationship with God through Jesus.
I liked that the author use clear examples and logical approach to the subject, giving the reader the opportunity to understand the main idea.
Why not 5 stars? Because I think this is not a complete book. It feels it has something more to tell but was edited to be short, but it is worth to read it.
September 2, 2024
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At no point in life are we ever without guidance. By the Spirit of God, men & women of faith that have lived before us have left endless treasures through which we direct our lives in victory.
All Glory to God for His love & mercy, even for this book.
At no point in life are we ever without guidance. By the Spirit of God, men & women of faith that have lived before us have left endless treasures through which we direct our lives in victory.
All Glory to God for His love & mercy, even for this book.
April 1, 2025
2 STARS ⭐️ ; This book wasn’t all the way bad it was just a quick read and didn’t really leave a huge impression on me. Had some good points but nothing lasting.
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