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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... 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 he consents to; the sin he is, which makes him do ...
... 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 he consents to; the sin he is, which makes him do ...
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... mean that he came to save them from the punishment of their sins . The idea the miserable fancy rather - has terribly corrupted the preaching of the gospel . The message of the good news has not been truly delivered . Unable to believe ...
... mean that he came to save them from the punishment of their sins . The idea the miserable fancy rather - has terribly corrupted the preaching of the gospel . The message of the good news has not been truly delivered . Unable to believe ...
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... mean much to one, little or nothing to another. Things in a child which to one parent would not seem worth minding, would fill another with horror. After his moral development, where the one parent would smile, the other would look ...
... mean much to one, little or nothing to another. Things in a child which to one parent would not seem worth minding, would fill another with horror. After his moral development, where the one parent would smile, the other would look ...
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... means of which he would make men sick of sin. With everything human he sympathizes. Evil is not human; it is the defect and opposite of the human; but the suffering that follows it is human, belonging of necessity to the human that has ...
... means of which he would make men sick of sin. With everything human he sympathizes. Evil is not human; it is the defect and opposite of the human; but the suffering that follows it is human, belonging of necessity to the human that has ...
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... means to effect it, but how he can be able to effect it. They would bind their Samson until they have scanned his ... mean obedience to the will of the Father, however revealed in our conscience. God forbid I should seem to despise ...
... means to effect it, but how he can be able to effect it. They would bind their Samson until they have scanned his ... mean obedience to the will of the Father, however revealed in our conscience. God forbid I should seem to despise ...
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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