How long does it take to read The Pursuit of Holiness?
The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges takes about 2 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1978. 161 pages, about 44,275 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Holiness : the Christian's joint venture with God. God's command is, "Be holy, for I am holy." But as victims of sin's "guerilla warfare," Christians are often prone to give up the fight, or at least to compromise with sin in its more difficult forms. Why do we so rarely experience holy living? The central issue confronting us, says Jerry Bridges in The Pursuit of Holiness, is that Christians fail to understand their own responsibility for holiness. "If we sin," he writes, "it is because we choose to sin -- not because we lack the ability to say no to temptation. We are not defeated; we are simply disobedient." Bridges, longtime Navigator staff member in both field ministries and administration, looks in this book at such topics as: What God has provided to help us live holy lives; What is meant by the scriptural statement that we have "died to sin"; Practical guidelines for determining right from wrong; The struggles we have with physical overindulgence and unloving attitudes; How our reason and emotions influence our will; How habits and personal discipline play a part in holy living. Whether you're continuing a long and serious quest in the practice of holiness, or have never really thought about it, the principles given here will serve as an impelling challenge to obey God's call. - Back cover.
Subjects: Holiness, Holliness, Christianity
