Jerry Bridges

Jerry Bridges (December 4, 1929 – March 6, 2016) was an

Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma, before serving as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War.^[4] He joined Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission.^[4]

At the time of his death, he was a widower,^[5] and had married Jane Mallot a year after his first wife's death.^[6][7] Bridges died on March 6, 2016, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the age of 86.^[7]

Publications

• The Pursuit of Holiness, NavPress (1978)
  ISBN 0-89109-430-X
• The Practice of Godliness, NavPress (1983)
  ISBN 0-89109-497-0
• Trusting God, NavPress, 1991,
  ISBN 0-89109-617-5
  .
• You Can Trust God, NavPress, 1991,
  ISBN 0-89109-571-3
  .
• The Crisis of Caring: Recovering the Meaning of True Fellowship, P & R, 1992,
  ISBN 0-87552-110-X
  .
• Transforming Grace, NavPress (1993)
  ISBN 0-89109-656-6
• The Joy of Fearing God, Random House (1999)
  ISBN 1-4000-7064-3
• I Exalt You, O God: Encountering His Greatness in Your Private Worship, Random House (2000)
  ISBN 1-57856-421-2
• I Give You Glory, O God, Random House (2002)
  ISBN 1-57856-629-0
• The Chase: Pursuing Holiness in Your Everyday Life, NavPress (2003)
  ISBN 1-57683-468-9
• The Gospel For Real Life, NavPress (2003)
  ISBN 1-57683-507-3
• Growing Your Faith: How to Mature in Christ, NavPress (2004)
  ISBN 1-57683-475-1
• Is God Really in Control? Trusting God in a World of Terrorism, Tsunamis, and Personal Tragedy, NavPress (2006)
  ISBN 1-57683-931-1
• The Discipline of Grace, NavPress (2006)
  ISBN 1-57683-989-3
• The Fruitful Life:The Overflow of God's Love Through You, NavPress (2006)
  ISBN 1-60006-027-7
• Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins we Tolerate, NavPress, 2007a,
  ISBN 978-1-60006-140-0
  .
• The Great Exchange, Good News & Crossway, 2007b,
  ISBN 978-1-58134-927-6
  .
• The Bookends of the Christian Life, Crossway, 2009,
  ISBN 978-1-4335-0319-1
  .
• The Transforming Power of the Gospel, NavPress, 2012,
  ISBN 978-1-61747-922-9
  .
• Who Am I? - Identity in Christ, Cruciform Press, 2012,
  ISBN 978-1-936760-47-3
  .

External links

• Grosenbach, Becky (Mar 2009). "A Holy Pursuit: Recounting Jerry Bridges' 50 Years with The Navigators". One to One. The Navigators.