The Ancient Ladder: A Journey to the Fullness of Life with God

MacLellan, Scott

ISBN 10: 0830785493 / ISBN 13: 9780830785490

Published by David C Cook, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ancient Ladder: A Journey to the Fullness of Life with God
• Publisher: David C Cook
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830785493
• ISBN 13: 9780830785490
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

For all of us longing to find purpose beyond suffering and faith beyond despair, The Ancient Ladder explores the biblically based three-step spiritual passage that ancient mystics saw as the way to follow Jesus toward Christian maturity.
 
What causes faith to transform from an intellectual knowing about God to a passionate love story with God? Scott MacLellan asked this question as his daughter battled cancer and he looked for purpose in his family’s suffering. He couldn’t believe that God was uninterested, but he also rejected trite reassurances.
 
He finally found a satisfying answer in the three-step passage—based on the writings of Solomon—that Christian mystics identified as a path through pain to true spiritual devotion. In The Ancient Ladder, Scott helps us apply the wisdom of past centuries to our challenges today as we:
 

• Move through Proverbs (fearing the Lord) to Ecclesiastes (honoring the Lord) to Song of Solomon (loving the Lord).
• Journey from stale spirituality to a robust and meaningful faith that enriches our relationships, self-awareness, and enjoyment of God.
• See with fresh eyes the big picture of the Christian life.

 
Scott helps us understand Solomon’s writings, the spiritual fruit that can come from our suffering, and our seasons of unbelief so we can let go of the people we were and become who we were meant to be.

About the Author

Scott MacLellan has been married forty years and has two grown daughters and three grandsons. He leads a billion-dollar healthcare company and is the author of eight books. His first novel is currently being developed into a streaming-service limited series. Scott and his wife live in South Carolina.