Quiet Talks on Power

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Quiet Talks on Power

by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

EN·~4 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

BY - S. D. GORDON

3:54:29

Transcriber Notes:

0:11

CHOKED CHANNELS. - An Odd Distinction.

7:14

THE OLIVET MESSAGE. - Searchlight Sights.

6:32

THE CHANNEL OF POWER. - A Word that Sticks and Stings.

7:26

THE PRICE OF POWER. - Law of Exchange.

2:15

THE PERSONALITY OF POWER. - A Personally Conducted Journey.

5:12

MAKING AND BREAKING CONNECTIONS. - Many Experiences, but One Law.

7:01

THE FLOOD-TIDE OF POWER. - God's Highest Ideal.

5:25

FRESH SUPPLIES OF POWER. - "As the Dew."

7:09

Description

In this thoughtful meditation, the author weaves together a series of candid encounters with students, teachers, clergy and everyday people across the heartland. Each vignette reveals a common confession: many identify as church members yet feel disconnected from the deeper power of faith they claim to serve. Through these modest conversations, the narrative gently challenges listeners to examine the gap between ritual affiliation and a lived, transformative belief.

The book moves beyond criticism, offering a quiet invitation to explore what it means to embody the story of Jesus in everyday actions. It suggests that true influence comes not from lofty sermons alone, but from ordinary lives that quietly echo the teachings they cherish. Listeners are left with a reflective prompt—what kind of believer are you, and how might your daily choices become a subtle, yet powerful, witness to the world around you?

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (271K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jason Isbell, Karina Aleksandrova and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2007-03-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

1859–1936

Best known for the beloved Quiet Talks books, this warm, practical devotional writer helped shape popular Christian reading in the early 1900s. His work blended plainspoken teaching, prayer, and everyday spirituality in a way that reached a wide audience.

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