Acknowledgments
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Earlier versions of some of the material in this book appeared as follows:
“The Plan of God” was at one time published separately by Evangelical Press, P.O. Box 5, Welwyn, Herts., England AL69NU.
“Meeting God” appeared in the Special Collection Journal (Winter 1984) of the Spiritual Counterfeits Project, P.O. Box 4308, Berkeley, CA 94704.
“Guidance” began as articles in Eternity magazine (April, May, and June 1986), published by Evangelical Ministries, Inc., 1716 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19103.
“Poor Health” and “Disappointment, Despair, Depression” were originally articles in Christianity Today, (April 10, 1981, and May 21, 1982), published by Christianity Today Inc., 465 Gundersen Dr., Wheaton, IL 60188.
“Church Reformation” appeared in an earlier form in The Church—God’s New Society, published by The Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, 1985.
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