Here and Hereafter


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Containing a mine of information on the Sabbath Question. Every passage of Scripture having any connection with the Sabbath in the Old or the New Testament is critically examined. The various steps by which the change from the seventh day to the first day was made and the final exaltation of the Sabbath are given in detail. The complete testimony of the Fathers immediately succeeding the time of the Apostles is presented, and the comparative merits of the two days are clearly revealed. An index enables the reader to readily find any passage of Scripture or the statment of any historian. - I. Introduction. II. The Creation of Man. III. Objecting Examined. IV. Bible use of the Terms Immortal and Immortality. V. The Words Soul and Spirit. VI. Concerning the Human Spirit. VII. Concerning the Human Soul. VIII. The Death of Adam. IX. Condition of Man in Death. X. Objections Answered. XI. The Resurrection of the Dead. XII. The Judgment to Come. XIII. The Life Everlasting. XIV. The Wages of Sin. XV. Objections Answered. XVI. God's Dealings with His Creations. XVII. The Claims of Philosophy. XVIII. Historical View of the Doctrine of Immortality. XIX. Influence of the Doctrine. Appendix. Index of Authors Referred to. Index of Texts of Scripture. General Index




Salvation of the Soul and Islamic Devotion


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First Published in 1983, Salvation of the Soul and Islamic Devotion demonstrates that salvation is a central concept of the religion of Islam, even though its meaning, causes and results according to Islam may differ from what is taught by Christianity and other world religions. The first chapter of the book presents the Islamic doctrine of salvation as set forth in the Quran and prophetic tradition. The meaning of salvation is explored, and the means to it on both human and divine sides are considered with special emphasis upon Islamic devotions. The remaining eight chapters deal with both obligatory and supererogatory devotions prescribed by Islam, concentrating on the methods of their correct performance, on which salvation is largely dependent. The material used in this book has been derived entirely from the original Islamic sources written in Arabic. Efforts are made to make the book useful to both Muslim and non-Muslim readers of English interested in the Islamic theory of salvation and acts of devotion.







The Salvation of the Soul


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Watchman Nee's treatment of the salvation of the soul is a companion volume to another work, The Latent Power of the Soul. In it he deals with God's positive way with our soul, taming the inordinate power hidden deep within it.




A Call to the Unconverted


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Heaven and Hell


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Over half of Americans believe in a literal heaven, in a literal hell. Most people who hold these beliefs are Christian and assume they are the age-old teachings of the Bible. Ehrman shows that eternal rewards and punishments are found nowhere in the Old Testament, and are not what Jesus or his disciples taught. He recounts the long history of the afterlife, ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh up to the writings of Augustine, focusing especially on the teachings of Jesus and his early followers. Ehrman shows that competing views were intimately connected with the social, cultural, and historical worlds out of which they emerged. -- adapted from jacket




I call it God


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Modern spirituality without the divine as center, origin and destination is a journey into no man's land; an ascent of the spirit into emptiness and loneliness. The great brotherhood called humanity is returning home, where a Father awaits us, who has illuminated the space for eons so that we are not lost for good. Calling God by name is part of this homecoming, because only by acknowledging the Father can we recognize each other as brothers in love. If you believe in something that is more than this life, which often seems meaningless, then look inside yourself and see how you feel. You will see that this feeling is that of a son or daughter who is looking for love, for the love of a family.







The Hope of His Calling


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