Author: tractfriends
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Christ in Early Quakerism
The early Quaker teaching concerning “the universal and divine light of Christ” was a message concerning the action of God rather than the nature of man. It was saying, not simply there is innate in every man a private source of illumination, but rather, that what God showed himself to be in Jesus Christ he…
Maurice Creasey
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Christ and the Scriptures
The Jesus of sacred history is the Christ of inward experience. All the qualities of that blessed life, the unfoldings of the Divine nature are available today through the Indwelling. God has revealed his mind through his son, but also in sacred literature. The public ministry of Christ was a constant fulfilling of the Scriptures.…
Max Reich
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A Short History of a Long Travel from Babylon to Bethel
An overview of how one attains spiritual knowledge. It was first published in 1711, after Crisp’s death. Includes an introduction and updated language and punctuation from the 1711 edition.
Stephen Crisp
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A Revolutionary Gospel
The Friends vision is a revolutionary vison of a whole new righteousness based on obedience to the Living Christ and a new Christian community governed by Christ.
Lewis Benson
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A Language for the Inward Landscape: Spiritual Wisdom from the Quaker Movement
Friends use special vocabulary to describe their inward experiences. This book discusses and explains these words for a contemporary audience.
Brian Drayton and William P. Taber
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A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister
A revised reprint of the 1767 original. A spiritual transformation is needed for Friends who speak in ministry. Bownas offers advice for discerning promptings to speak.
Samual Brownas
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A Briefer Barclay
A simplification and condensation of Robert Barclay’s Apology for the True Christian Divinity, an explanation of the principles of Friends, first published in 1676.
William Bacon Evans
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Friends Calendar
Since 1885, the Tract Association has produced the Friends Calendar, which uses numbers for months and days of the week. This is consistent with Scripture and Friends tradition. We offer the calendar in wall and pocket sizes. The wall calendar is also available in digital format.
Tract Association of Friends
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Living in the Spirit: What One Quaker Has Learned
A list of lessons that the author has learned about God, Jesus, the Scriptures, and worship.
Roger Dreisbach-Williams
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Love in Action
Love in action begins with the wonderful love of God, a love which reaches out to embrace all people and to embrace all of creation. By experiencing God ourselves, we become transformed and radiate God’s love.
Virginia Schurman