Download or read book The Skeletons in God s Closet written by Joshua Ryan Butler and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a loving God send people to hell? Isn’t it arrogant to believe Jesus is the only way to God? What is up with holy war in the Old Testament? Many of us fear God has some skeletons in the closet. Hell, judgment, and holy war are hot topics for the Christian faith that have a way of igniting fierce debate far and wide. These hard questions leave many wondering whether God is really good and can truly be trusted. The Skeletons in God's Closet confronts our popular caricatures of these difficult topics with the beauty and power of the real thing. Josh Butler reveals that these subjects are consistent with, rather than contradictory to, the goodness of God. He explores Scripture to reveal the plotlines that make sense of these tough topics in light of God’s goodness. From fresh angles, Josh deals powerfully with such difficult passages as: The Lake of Fire Lazarus and the Rich Man The Slaughter of Canaanites in the Old Testament Ultimately, The Skeletons in God's Close uses our toughest questions to provoke paradigm shifts in how we understand our faith as a whole. It pulls the “skeletons out of God’s closet” to reveal they were never really skeletons at all.

Download or read book If Grace Is True written by Philip Gulley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Everyone Will Be in Heaven Two pastors present their controversial belief in eternal salvation for all through God's perfect grace. Long disturbed by the church's struggle between offering both love and rejection, they discover what God wants from us and for us: grace for everyone.

Download or read book Four Views on Hell written by John F. Walvoord and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most contemporary Christians acknowledge the doctrine of hell, but they’d rather not think about how God punishes the wicked. The authors of Four Views on Hell meet this subject head-on with different views on what the Scriptures say. Is hell to be understood literally as a place of eternal smoke and flames? Or are such images simply metaphors for a real but different form of punishment? Is there such a thing as “conditional immortality,” in which God annihilates the souls of the wicked rather than punishing them endlessly? Is there a Purgatory, and if so, how does it fit into the picture? The interactive Counterpoints forum allows the reader to see the four views on hell—literal, metaphorical, conditional, and purgatorial—in interaction with each other. Each view in turn is presented, critiqued, and defended. This evenhanded approach is ideal for comparing and contrasting views in order to form a personal conclusion about one of Christianity’s key doctrines. The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series.

Download or read book Sinners in the Hands of a Good God written by David Clotfelter and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are heaven and hell real? How does God's election correspond to our freedom? Why did Jesus have to die? Why doesn't God save everybody? These are questions most believers and seekers have asked, and they are biblically answered by author David Clotfelter. Contrasting the theologies of Jonathan Edwards with George MacDonald, the author reconciles the difficult doctrines of divine judgement and predestination. Sure to be thought-and discussion-provoking message.

Download or read book The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible written by Donald E. Gowan and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible an outstanding group of biblical scholars explain key theological and ethical words of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). In its exploring groups of related words and drawing the reader into the meanings of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, Gowan's Wordbook will prove immensely helpful in understanding important terms such as "Just," "Kingdom of God," "Resurrection," and "Son of Man."

Download or read book Erasing Hell written by Francis Chan and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a variety of views on hell, the Bible, and the character of God, offers an eloquent response to the recent media storm surrounding questions of eternal destiny.

Download or read book Two Views of Hell written by Edward William Fudge and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2000-04-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here you'll find a frank debate between Edward William Fudge and Robert A. Peterson who present strong theological and scriptural evidence for two opposing views of the nature of hell.

Download or read book Attributes of God written by A.W Pink and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Transforming Knowledge of the Living God The timeless appeal of this classic book, written by a preacher with a worldwide ministry during the first half of the twentieth century, demonstrates the deep hunger for a saving knowledge of God present in each generation. Arthur Pink sought to give readers not just a theoretical knowledge of God but pointed them toward a personal relationship of yielding to him and living according to his biblical precepts. Pink's book explores attributes such as God's decrees, foreknowledge, sovereignty, holiness, grace, and mercy, among many others, all packaged in a style especially useful for pastors, teachers, and Bible students. Our God who is above all names cannot be found through human searching alone, Pink teaches, but can be known only as he is revealed by the Holy Spirit through his living Word.

Download or read book The God You Can Know written by Dan DeHaan and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions concerning various topics such as knowing God's will, assurance of salvation, home life, and even dating relationships result from a lack in comprehending the Person of God the Father. Dan DeHaan puts God the Father back into the Christian perspective of what it means to live this way of life called Christianity in The God You Can Know. Burdened by contemporary Christians' lack of understanding of the nature of Almighty God, he wrote this book to help readers become intimate with God by studying His characters and attributes.

Download or read book Eyes to See the Revelation written by T. Kenan Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To properly interpret the Book of Revelation, we must have a thorough understanding of the New Covenant Spiritual Life. We must learn to emphasize the spiritual over the material. We must have a Heavenly orientation, as opposed to an Earthly orientation, to life, history, and our future.

Download or read book The Gospel of Gehenna Fire written by Hermann Neander and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life After Death Part I written by Metr. Ierotheos (Vlachos) and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents Life After Death 4 / What does the parable of the rich man and Lazarus tell us about the afterlife? 7 / The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 7 / Hermeneutic analysis of the parable 8 / Separation of the soul from the body 16 / Soul Definition 16 / Creation and Genesis of the Soul 17 / Death and original sin 19 / Mystery of the Exodus of the Soul from the Body 24 / Ordeal of Souls 30 / Average state of mind 38 / Death of babies 47 / Conclusion 55 / Posthumous experience 60 / Modern post-mortem experiences 61 / Criticism of this experience from an Orthodox point of view 64 / Experience difference 67 / Soul Immortality 71 / Immortality of the soul in philosophy 71 / Immortality of the soul according to Orthodox theology 72 / Death of the Soul and the Orthodox Church 75 / Cleansing Fire 79 / Conversations at the Ferrara-Florence Cathedral on the Purifying Fire 80 / The Teaching of St. Mark Eugenicus on the Purifying Fire 87 / Second Coming of Christ 111 / Glorious Coming of Christ 111 / Resurrection of the dead 117 / Future Court 127 / Heaven and Hell 141 / Holy Scripture about heaven and hell 141 / Holy Fathers on Heaven and Hell 143 / Heaven and Hell in Church Life 148 / Theological and ecclesiastical conclusions from this truth 149 / General Recovery 155 / Ancient Philosophers and Ancient Theologians on General Restoration 155 / Views of researchers on the attitude of St. Gregory of Nyssa to the general restoration 158 / Some Remarks on the Teaching of St. Gregory of Nyssa on General Restoration 160 / Conclusions 176 / Immortal life. 180 Kingdom of God 181 / Creation Renewal 182 / Continuous development in the next century 189 / Eschatology in time 198 / Interpretation of the definition "eschatology" 198 / Time in the Orthodox Perception 200 / The past and present of eschatology 203 / Afterword 216 / Appendix 222 / Kingdom Supper 222 / About ordeals 223 / About out-of-body experiences 224 / Life after Death 227 / I. The Imaginary and Real Foundations of the Universal Belief in the Personal Immortality of Man 227 / II. Evidence of personal immortality. Proof is theological 236 / III. The proof is psychological 243 / IV. The proof is metaphysical. The existence and nature of the soul as an indestructible creative and active force of consciousness 249 / V. Life of the soul after death. Outer and inner body 263 / VI. The question of the posthumous fate of sinful souls. Analysis of the hypotheses of conditional immortality, universal salvation, eternal torment of sins in renunciation of sinners. The doctrine of the eternal torment of sinners 280 / VII. Analysis of the reincarnation hypothesis 301 / Literature on the Immortality of the Soul and the Afterlife 306 / The Sacrament of Confession and Life After Death According to the Teachings of the Holy Fathers 313 / Confessor and confession 313 / Foreword 313 / Part I. Repentance and Confession 314 / 1. "Open the door of repentance" 314 / The greatest feat 315 / 2. Repentance and confession 315 / When there is repentance 316 / When there is no repentance 316 / Confession without repentance 317 / 3. Forgiveness of sins 318 / Christ paid for us. 318 Confession to the priests 319 / 4. Public repentance 320 / Abolition of public confession 321 / 5. Then and now 321 / What is confession? 322 / Hidden Heroes 323 / 6. Confession and frequent communion 323 / 7. Celebration of the sacrament of confession 324 / Confessing 324 / 8. Correct confession 325 / Self-reproach 325 / How long should confession take? 325 / After confession 326 / Clarifications 326 / 9. "Relief" 326 / When you "forget" your sins 327 / Or maybe to another confessor? 327 / Please read the prayer 327 / 10. Penances 328 / How Penances Are Assigned 328 / 11. Will be bound in heaven (Mt. 18:18) 329 / 12. Why do you despair? 330 / Even if a thousand times... 330 / 13. How are pangs of conscience treated? 331 / Part II. Confessor and Confessor 331 / 1. Confessor 331 / How is it correct? 332 / 2. At confession 333 / “He will not quench the smoking flax” (Mt. 12:20) 333 / “He will not break a bruised reed” (Matthew 12:20) 333 / 3. Self-criticism 334 / From the heart 334 / Advice 334 / Fathers or tyrants? 335 / Punishment! 335 / 4. Kind old man 335 / Example 336 / In search of "old men" 336 / 5. Exaggerated demands 337 / Apostle Paul 337 / 6. "Ask your father" (Deut. 32:7) 338 / Attention! 339 / 7. "He doesn't understand me!..." 339 / Can you "change" it? 340 / 8. Obedience 340 / 9. Monk and obedience 341 / Complete nonsense! 341 / 10. Dangerous Obedience…! 342 / 11. If you condemn the confessor 343 / Incorruptible Court 343 / Part III. Confession and mental disorders. 344 1. Soul and psychiatry 344 / The intelligent part of the soul 345 / 2. The role of the priest 345 / 3. Depression or discouragement? 347 / 4. Spiritual or psychopathological? 347 / And it can also manifest itself in disbelief. 348 / 5. Confession and psychoanalysis 349 / 6. Good psychoanalyst 350 / 7. Elder and guru 351 / Elder in the Church 351 / After death 352 / Part I 353 1. Our feeble mind 353 / Mirages of the mind 353 / 2. Eternity is a mystery! 354 / Misadventures of the first people 355 / 3. About the soul 355 / The existence of the soul 356 / Soul Essence 356 / Soul Immortality 357 / 4. Soul after death 357 / Rebirth of the soul 358 / At the speed of light 358 5. How do you know? 359 / "Did not know? Did you ask? 359 / Did you die? 360 / Come to the source of truth 360 / 6. Has anyone come from there? 361 / Evidence 361 / 7. Obstacles - passions and sins! 362 / Pure life 362 / Part II 363 / 1. God did not create death 363 / 2. In the face of death. 364 Dancing! 364 / Right attitude towards death 365 / 3. Memory of death. 365 Became a different person! 366 / 4. Is death accidental? 366 / Come on Sunday 366 / The suffering of the martyrs 367 / 5. Good and evil death. 367 good death 368 / "Death of sinners..." 368 / 6. Untimely death 369 / Stop on an inclined plane 369 / He preempts evil 369 / Why? 370 / 7. Tragic death - the will of God? 371 / He respects our choice 372 / means of salvation 372 / 8. Suicide 373 / Is a funeral permitted? 373 / Grace of the Lord 374 / Commemorations, litia and more 374 / 9. Memory of death. 374 Fear is a natural property 375 / The power of Christ 375 / 10. Exodus of the soul 375 / Fear of the unknown 376 / Soul out! 376 / Demons 376 / Grace 377 / 11. When the soul does not come out 377 / If he was cursed by someone 377 / If he offended anyone 377 / Last chance for repentance 378 / 12. Mourning and "dressing up" the deceased 378 / Mourning 379 / "Dressing up" 379 / Decoration - harm to the soul! 379 / 13. Should I cry? 380 / How should we cry 380 / The soul finds solace! 381 / 14. Funeral 381 In the center of the temple 381 / 15. Burial of a saint and a sinner 382 / Funeral-holiday 382 / Funeral-longing 383 / 16. Into the coffin 383 / Body, not soul! 383 / Grave: the last dwelling! 384 / Where does the soul find rest? 384 / Where does she find peace? 384 / 17. Incorruptible bodies 385 / If he was unfair to someone 385 / Excommunication or Curse 386 / Joy for the soul 386 / Part III 387 / 1. Ordeals 387 / Auxiliaries 388 / Righteous 389 / 2. After ordeals 389 / Excursion 389 / Judge's verdict 390 / private court 390 3. Doesn't want to come back 391 / "Don't worry about me, mom!" 391 / 4. Tortured in hell 391 / Do they remember us? 392 / Do they communicate with each other? 392 / 5. Saved, do they know each other? 393 / Do they remember us? 393 / Babies. 394 / Do the saved remember the tormented? 394 / Part IV 395 / 1. Means to propitiate God 395 / Last Hope 395 / Return 396 / 2. God also waits! 396 / They don't have free will 397 / "Wrath" of God. 397 3. Prayers, offerings and more 397 / Liturgical Commemoration 107 398 / Fasting and prayer 398 / Candle 398 / On the grave: a lamp and lithium 398 / 4. Repentance and charity 399 / Repentance 399 / Alms 399 / 5. Forgiveness 400 / What if you don't make it? 400 / What if he doesn't make it? 400 / 6. Prayers of the Church 401 / Saturdays 401 / 7. Proskomedia (Divine Liturgy) 402 / The Drunken Priest's Commemoration 403 / commemoration 403 / 8. Some clarifications 404 / Alms? 404 / When should the commemoration be made? 404 / When are funerals not allowed? 405 / Divine Communion 405 / 9. How do souls benefit? 405 / In Paradise 405 / In Hell 406 / 10. From Hell to Heaven 406 / 11. Is it possible? 407 / Attention! 408 / Part V 409 / 1. The coming of the Antichrist 409 / His upbringing and occupation 409 / Divine Providence 410 / 2. "And the packs of the future ..." 410 / Cleansing, Cooking Nature 410 / Coming of Christ 411 / 3. "Judge the living and the dead" 412 / With your Bodies 412 / On the Road to Hell 413 / 4. Who and how will be judged 413 / Who will be judged? 413 / Average, negligent, sinners 414 / 5. Unbaptized, how will they be judged? 414 / Pagans 415 / Unbaptized Babies 415 / Where will they go? 415 / 6. "I have tea for the resurrection of the dead" 416 / What is the problem 416 / The bodies of the righteous 416 / Bodies of sinners 417 / 7. Paradise. 417 / Paradise Joy 417 / Eating and Satisfying 418 / Degrees 418 / Continuous improvement 418 / 8. Premature ordeal of hellish torment 419 / Rejecting God is heartbreak! 419 / Evil will 420 / 9. Darkness and gnashing of teeth 420 / "Crying and Gritting of Teeth" 421 / Fire and darkness 421 / Get away from me... 422 / 10. Hellish torment, baptism and the priesthood 422 / Immersed in fire 423 / 11. Hellish torment and the Second Coming 423 / End of prayers 423 / With legions of demons 424 / The worst of Punishments 424 / 12. Questions 425 / Afterword 427 For them there is only one Doctor, bodily and spiritually, Born (gennetos) and unborn ( agennetos ), God in the flesh In death is true life, From Mary and from God First subject to suffering (pathetos) , and then not subject to suffering (apathes), Our Lord Jesus Christ

Download or read book Challenged Living Our Faith in a Post Modern Age written by John King and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My wife and I love our sons unconditionally and equally. Talking with one of them about his atheism has brought me to a new dimension in my relationship with him, to a review of my own christian beliefs, to a more critical examination of the church, and to a different understanding of ministry in today's world. As personal as I make this all sound, my family represents a thousand families, a hundred thousand and more, who have sat in painful silence because religious differences have taken away their voice. They tire of confrontation, angry discussions, verse hurling and jabbing one another with theories over every conceivable divisive issue. It is a powerful idea that those who do not share our faith should know that we do, not so much in our argument as in our love. It is time to listen.

Download or read book Book of Mormon Student Manual written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and published by David Van Leeuwen. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Misunderstood God written by Darin Hufford and published by Windblown Media. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Misunderstood God tells the truth about who the Creator is. This book analyzes what religion says about God's heart and personality and measures it up to what God calls Himself: Love. It simplifies a generation's tangled perceptions of God by taking a journey through the sixteen aspects of love described in one of the most well-known Bible passages in the world: 1 Corinthians 13, also known as "the love chapter." So many Christians have been bombarded with confusing teachings and doctrines that their understanding of God resembles a tightly tangled ball of Christmas tree lights. This book takes that twisted mess and replaces it with one soft, warm light of truth that anyone can embrace: God is love.

Download or read book God s Grand Plan of the Ages written by Chicago Bible Students and published by Chicago Bible Students. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God's Grand Plan of the Ages" captures the highlights of the more comprehensive book The Divine Plan of the Ages. Though brief in nature, this 96-page booklet shares a satisfying explanation of age-old questions: Why does a God of love permit the evil we see in the world? Why are there tsunamis and earthquakes that kill thousands—and wars that kill millions? Why must we experience pain, heartache and finally death? When will God's Kingdom come and His will be "done on earth as it is in heaven?" "God's Grand Plan of the Ages" also covers the signs of the "Time of the End" prophecied in the book of Daniel (Daniel 12:1-4). Daniel's predicition that knowledge would be increased is happening before our very eyes as we see the Brain Age coming in at an unprecedented rate. Though technology has been a blessing in many ways, man's selfishness and greed is also leading the world to an ever increasing "time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation." What a comfort to know, that this trouble is a prophetic sign indicating that we are on the brink of the "Golden Age" that mankind has longed for since the dawn of history! God's Kingdom will be more wonderful, more glorious, more all encompassing, than all the dreams of philosophers, poets and sages. There will be a world of peace (Psalm 46:9) The heal ing of all the defects of humanity (Isa iah 35:5,6) Moral integrity will be planted in every heart (Jeremiah 31:33) All the dead of past ages will be raised to life again (1 Cor. 15:22) Sorrow, pain, tears and death itself will cease (Revelation 21:4) "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9) We hope you will receive a blessing from reading this booklet. We also recommend reading The Divine Plan of the Ages, available FREE on a DVD offered on the back of the booklet. It is but the first book in a series of six that covers every major doctrine of the Bible as a topical study with a harmony that is unprecedented in Christian literature. This six-volume set is also available FREE on the DVD—or at cost, in a hard bound edition.

Download or read book Turn and Live written by Robert N. Wilkin and published by Grace Evangelical Society. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over thirty years ago, Bob Wilkin wrote his dissertation on the role of repentance and salvation at Dallas Theological Seminary (1983-1985). Then in 1990 his mentor challenged him to reconsider his view. Seven years later, after study and meditation on ten key passages, Bob changed his mind about repentance and salvation.This book asks and answers the following questions: -What is the meaning of repentance?-What do key New Testament texts tell us about repentance?-Who needs to repent?-What does repentance accomplish?-Is repentance a condition for everlasting life?-Does fellowship with God require ongoing repentance? Turn and Live is the product of over thirty years of intense study and meditation. Through this book you will discover the power of repentance.