The Hope of the GospelThis non-fictional book written by George MacDonald is one of the most potent collections of Christian apologetics. Author's religious reflections and theological views are compiled in this work, making the readers question the main ideas of Christianity. |
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... desires; he will want only to be rid of his suffering; but that he cannot have, save in being delivered from its essential root, a thing infinitely worse than any suffering it can produce. If he will not have that deliverance, he must ...
... desires; he will want only to be rid of his suffering; but that he cannot have, save in being delivered from its essential root, a thing infinitely worse than any suffering it can produce. If he will not have that deliverance, he must ...
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... desire wrongly, act wrongly, or, where we try not to act wrongly, yet making it impossible for us not to feel ... desires, our hate and pride and envy and greed and self-satisfaction—these are the souls of our sins, our live sins, more ...
... desire wrongly, act wrongly, or, where we try not to act wrongly, yet making it impossible for us not to feel ... desires, our hate and pride and envy and greed and self-satisfaction—these are the souls of our sins, our live sins, more ...
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... desire in his child infinitely more than the most jealous love of the best mother can desire in hers. He would have him rid of all discontent, all fear, all grudging, all bitterness in word or thought, all gauging and measuring of his ...
... desire in his child infinitely more than the most jealous love of the best mother can desire in hers. He would have him rid of all discontent, all fear, all grudging, all bitterness in word or thought, all gauging and measuring of his ...
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... send forth his virtue to hold alive a thing that will be evil—a thing that ought not to be, that has no claim but to cease? The Lord himself would not live save with an existence absolutely good. It may be my reader will desire me to say.
... send forth his virtue to hold alive a thing that will be evil—a thing that ought not to be, that has no claim but to cease? The Lord himself would not live save with an existence absolutely good. It may be my reader will desire me to say.
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George MacDonald. It may be my reader will desire me to say how the Lord will deliver him from his sins. That is like the lawyer's 'Who is my neighbour?' The spirit of such a mode of receiving the offer of the Lord's deliverance, is the ...
George MacDonald. It may be my reader will desire me to say how the Lord will deliver him from his sins. That is like the lawyer's 'Who is my neighbour?' The spirit of such a mode of receiving the offer of the Lord's deliverance, is the ...
Contents
JESUS AND HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN | |
SORROW THE PLEDGE OF | |
THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE | |
would help some to understand what Jesus came from the home | |
THE SALT AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD | |
THE HOPE OF THE UNIVERSE | |
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become begin believe better blessed body brother cause child comes comfort created creation creature darkness death desire disciples divine draw earth essential eternal evil existence expect eyes face fact faith Father feel fellows give glad glory God's gospel grow hand heart heaven hold hope human hunger idea imagine Jesus John kingdom of heaven leave less liberty light live look Lord Lord's means meek mind misery mourn nature neighbour never ourselves perfect poor possess possible presence prophet pure receive relation repentance rest reveal reward righteousness sake salt seek seems sense shine sins sorrow soul spirit suffering temple thee things thou thought true truth turn understand universe unto whole wrong yoke