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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... souls , none the less that their purses are filling , will yet keep them unhappy . Some court endless change , nor know that on themselves the change must pass that will set them free . Others expand their souls with knowledge , only to ...
... souls , none the less that their purses are filling , will yet keep them unhappy . Some court endless change , nor know that on themselves the change must pass that will set them free . Others expand their souls with knowledge , only to ...
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... soul will ever be redeemed from hell but by being saved from his sins , from the 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 ...
... soul will ever be redeemed from hell but by being saved from his sins , from the 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 ...
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... have done, and so we shall be saved from them also. The bad that lives in us, our evil judgments, our unjust desires, our hate and pride and envy and greed and self-satisfaction— these are the souls of our sins, our live sins,
... have done, and so we shall be saved from them also. The bad that lives in us, our evil judgments, our unjust desires, our hate and pride and envy and greed and self-satisfaction— these are the souls of our sins, our live sins,
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George MacDonald. these are the souls of our sins, our live sins, more terrible than the bodies of our sins, namely ... soul. It is the absence in the man of harmony with the being whose thought is the man's existence, whose word is the ...
George MacDonald. these are the souls of our sins, our live sins, more terrible than the bodies of our sins, namely ... soul. It is the absence in the man of harmony with the being whose thought is the man's existence, whose word is the ...
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Contents
SALVATION FROM | |
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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