This is a compelling case study of a distinctive theological theme - the eschatological interpetation of the historical Jesus in Edwardian England - as an attempt to add greater precision to the history of theology in a neglected period. Looking at the impact of Adolf Harnack, Alfred Loisy, Albert Schweitzer and Johannes Weiss on biblical studies and theology before the First World War, Chapman argues that the future course of theology, in which eschatology played such a crucial role, was alread...
In this controversial study, first published in l957. Dr Robinson looked for the origins of the doctrine of the Second Coming in the belief of the early church. His conclusion, that the early church may well have misinterpreted the original teaching of Jesus on the issue, was based on a careful and thorough examination of the New Testament material. In his preface to this reissue, he writes: In the quarter of a century since I worked on the material I am not persuaded that the thesis of the hook...
Millennialism in the Korean Protestant Church (Asian Thought and Culture, #50)
by Ung Kyu Pak
"If you'd asked me who God is on December 9, the year of my accident, I would have been able to give you a fairly cohesive but theoretical answer. A day later all of that changed."A simple surgery went horribly wrong. Steve Sjogren died on the operating table. He encountered a heavenly world where he felt infinite peace. And then he had to come back-back to a physical reality filled with pain and disability and an endless line of tests. The drama of dying suddenly paled in comparison to the trau...
In this personal and compelling work, best-selling author Anne Graham Lotz offers encouragement to look forward to Heaven-as a home, a refuge, and a part of God's ultimate vision.Combining the apostle John's glorious description of Heaven from Revelation with heart-touching reflections on her own father's charming mountain home, Anne Graham Lotz weaves a tapestry of truth through this presentation that will take away your fear of death and fill you with hope for the future.Jesus promised us, "In...
The Messiah King of Israel the Almond Tree, Aaron's Rod
by Kimberly K Ballard
Perfection in Death brings together topics-Christian martyrdom, virtue ethics, the "ethics of the end of life"-that have each seen a flowering of academic interest in the past two decades. Patrick M. Clark shows that these topics are in fact closely connected by examining one of the pre-eminent masters of Christian ethics, Thomas Aquinas. Perfection in Death compares and contrasts the relationship between conceptions of courage and death in the thought of Aquinas and his ancient philosophical s...
Bible Word Search Celebrating God's Creation Volume 51 (Bible Word Find Dog Lover's Edition, #51)
by T W Pope
