God Took Me by the Hand

Year 2014
Type Book
Genre spiritual memoir
Tradition Evangelical
Original language English

For For readers of his books who want his own account of his life and of God's providence in it; not for readers wanting a full critical biography.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 3 of 5 worth your time
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 0 of 5 easy

His memoir (2014): a life from Tyler, Texas, through the Navy and engineering to The Navigators and writing, told to illustrate God's providence, with seven lessons.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 0 of 5
Scriptural 2 of 5
Experiential 5 of 5
Sociological 2 of 5
Historical 3 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

God Took Me by the Hand: A Story of God's Unusual Providence (NavPress, 2014) is Jerry Bridges's memoir, written in his eighties. In two parts it first tells his life, from a poor childhood in Tyler, Texas, and physical disabilities he was born with, through his conversion as a student at the University of Oklahoma, service as a Navy officer, work as an engineer and decades on the staff of The Navigators, to his unexpected career as a writer; then it draws seven spiritual lessons from that story. He wrote that his personal story was not important except to illustrate the providence of God, and the book presents his life as a set of examples of God's hidden guidance.

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