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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... fact for himself , the cause of every man's discomfort is 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 ...
... fact for himself , the cause of every man's discomfort is 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 ...
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... fact that the very child of God does not care for his father and will not obey him, causing us to desire wrongly, act wrongly, or, where we try not to act wrongly, yet making it impossible for us not to feel wrongly—this is what he came ...
... fact that the very child of God does not care for his father and will not obey him, causing us to desire wrongly, act wrongly, or, where we try not to act wrongly, yet making it impossible for us not to feel wrongly—this is what he came ...
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... fact. The flower lies in the root, but the root is not the flower. The relation exists, but while one of the parties neither knows, loves, nor acts upon it, the relation is, as it were, yet unborn. The highest in man is neither his ...
... fact. The flower lies in the root, but the root is not the flower. The relation exists, but while one of the parties neither knows, loves, nor acts upon it, the relation is, as it were, yet unborn. The highest in man is neither his ...
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... fact it represents. The Greek word then, of which the word repentance is the accepted synonym and fundamentally the accurate rendering, is made up of two words, the conjoint meaning of which is, a change of mind or thought. There is in ...
... fact it represents. The Greek word then, of which the word repentance is the accepted synonym and fundamentally the accurate rendering, is made up of two words, the conjoint meaning of which is, a change of mind or thought. There is in ...
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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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