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    Abiding in Christ: a call to intimacy from the Upper Room
    Abiding in Christ: a call to intimacy from the Upper Room
    Abiding in Christ: a call to intimacy from the Upper Room
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    Abiding in Christ: a call to intimacy from the Upper Room

    By Glenn Duh

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    "I am the vine; you are the branches..." Jesus reserved some of his most important words not for the crowd, but only for an audience of eleven (his disciples, sans Judas Iscariot) in the Upper Room. These private words are now spoken by extension to all disciples of Christ, and we are called to abide, or remain, in him always. The truth is that we don't always remain close to Jesus. Is it important? Why is it so difficult to abide in him, and what does it mean to do so? What hinders us from being close to Jesus, and how do we abide in him? Come discover the answers through the prism of the writer's life experience, news events and God's inerrant word to reveal a life that promises joy, purpose and fruitfulness, for His glory, as our eyes, ears, thoughts and hearts remain in Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlenn Duh
    Release dateJun 9, 2017
    ISBN9781370946631
    Abiding in Christ: a call to intimacy from the Upper Room
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    Glenn Duh

    Glenn, born of non-religious parents in Taiwan, was a staunch atheist and Darwinian when he first immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 14. However, God was merciful, and used several of his high school friends as instruments of his salvation at a church retreat in July, 1983. Glenn met his wife, Karen, at a Bible study in college (UCLA), and they have two adult children. Glenn is a retired physician who was board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology, and had spent more than 22 years of his career as a pediatric gastroenterologist in Downey, California, as a partner physician with Southern California Permanente Medical Group.

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      Abiding in Christ - Glenn Duh

      Abiding in Christ

      A call to intimacy from the Upper Room

      Glenn Duh

      Copyright © 2017 by Glenn Duh

      Published at Smashwords

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. May not copy or download more than 500 consecutive verses of the ESV Bible or more than one half of any book of the ESV Bible.

      Contents

      Foreword

      Scripture: I am the true vine (John 15:1-11)

      Chapter 1: Why do we need to abide in Christ?

      Chapter 2: Why have we neglected to abide in Christ?

      Chapter 3: What does it mean to abide in Christ?

      Chapter 4: What are the barriers to abiding in Christ?

      Chapter 5: How do we abide in Christ?

      Epilogue: Abiding by cloud and by fire

      About the Author

      Foreword

      The idea for this small book was conceived in a church library with a few men in early 2017, but the roots for it can be traced back for many years, and serve as evidence of God’s sovereign hand in shaping this work. Connections, the English speaking ministry of First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley, has been experiencing a period of noticeable spiritual growth, thanks to the vision, passion and leadership of its pastor, Rev. Ken Wong, and Mr. Colin Seow, the men’s ministry leader. Both were highly inspired and influenced by Rev. Edmund Chan of Covenant Evangelical Free Church in Singapore, who has not only effectively answered the believer’s call to discipleship, but has also written and spoken extensively on the topic. As a member of the men’s ministry team, I had the privilege of studying as a group Rev. Chan’s book, Radical Discipleship: Five Defining Questions*. In the book, Rev. Chan indicated that we often fail to arrive at the right answer because we don’t ask the right questions, and proceeded to provide a structure of five critical questions regarding discipleship, which can be transposed to nearly anything else that is of importance. To paraphrase, the questions are:

      Why is it important?

      If it’s important, why is it neglected?

      What is it like?

      What are the barriers?

      How is it done?

      While studying the book, we were also planning to host a men’s retreat in the summer, and were in need of direction regarding the conference theme. Our pastor suggested that the focus be on abiding in Christ, based on John 15, as our previous themes were focused more on our Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit. A retreat focusing on Jesus seemed natural, and will, in essence, complete our consideration of the Trinity. I was given the task of defining the topic in greater detail, and I was more than delighted to apply Rev. Chan’s five questions to form the structure of the retreat sessions. This work has essentially been the fleshing out of the original skeletal content that started out as five simple questions.

      I am highly indebted to my dear pastor, Rev. Ken Wong, who has been my lifelong friend and mentor, who often encouraged me to write, and who knew exactly what buttons to push to spur me in the right direction. I am also grateful for Mr. Colin Seow, who was a primary reason for the genesis of our men’s ministry, and a personal friend of Rev. Edmund Chan, who has the uncommon gift of reducing essential truths to concentrated nuggets that is comprehensible by untrained lay persons such as myself. I also thank Karen, my beloved partner in marriage for 24 years, who has graciously tolerated me spending hours in solitude and before the computer while the words below painstakingly appear. Finally, may all glory be to our God, who knew before creation all the strands in each of our

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