The Hope of the GospelThe Hope of the Gospel is a collection of spiritual discussion. The author MacDonald lays out the shape of the Gospel as he understands it. And his pious and humble interpretation full of hope and joy of the Bible was refreshing in 1890s.In this book, MacDonald discusses his religious beliefs. Topics included are salvation from sin, the remission of sins, Jesus in the world, Jesus and his fellow townsmen, the heirs of heaven and earth, sorrow the pledge of joy, God's family, the reward of obedience, and the hope of the universe. |
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... evil , moral evil - first of all , evil in himself , his own sin , his own wrongness , his own unrightness ; and then , evil in those he loves : with this latter I have not now to deal ; the only way to get rid of it , is for the man to ...
... evil , moral evil - first of all , evil in himself , his own sin , his own wrongness , his own unrightness ; and then , evil in those he loves : with this latter I have not now to deal ; the only way to get rid of it , is for the man to ...
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... evil is in him; he must be set free from it. I do not mean set free from the sins he has done: that will follow; I mean the sins he is doing, or is capable of doing; the sins in his being which spoil his nature—the wrongness in him—the evil ...
... evil is in him; he must be set free from it. I do not mean set free from the sins he has done: that will follow; I mean the sins he is doing, or is capable of doing; the sins in his being which spoil his nature—the wrongness in him—the evil ...
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... evil in him . If hell be needful to save him , hell will blaze , and the worm will writhe and bite , until he takes refuge in the will of the Father . ' Salvation from hell , is salvation as conceived by such to whom hell and not evil ...
... evil in him . If hell be needful to save him , hell will blaze , and the worm will writhe and bite , until he takes refuge in the will of the Father . ' Salvation from hell , is salvation as conceived by such to whom hell and not evil ...
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... evil.' It is the indwelling badness, ready to produce bad actions, that we need to be delivered from. Against this badness if a man will not strive, he is left to commit evil and reap the consequences. To be saved from these ...
... evil.' It is the indwelling badness, ready to produce bad actions, that we need to be delivered from. Against this badness if a man will not strive, he is left to commit evil and reap the consequences. To be saved from these ...
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... evil thoughts are our live sins. These, the essential opposites of faith and love, the sins that dwell and work in us, are the sins from which Jesus came to deliver us. When we turn against them and refuse to obey them, they rise in ...
... evil thoughts are our live sins. These, the essential opposites of faith and love, the sins that dwell and work in us, are the sins from which Jesus came to deliver us. When we turn against them and refuse to obey them, they rise in ...
Contents
JESUS AND HIS FELLOW TOWNSMEN | |
SORROW THE PLEDGE OF | |
THE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE | |
THE SALT AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD | |
THE HOPE OF THE UNIVERSE | |
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