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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... thoughts and ruling his conduct; the sins he keeps doing, and will not give up; the sins he is called to abandon, and clings to; the same sins which are the cause of his misery, though he may not know it—these are they for which he is ...
... thoughts and ruling his conduct; the sins he keeps doing, and will not give up; the sins he is called to abandon, and clings to; the same sins which are the cause of his misery, though he may not know it—these are they for which he is ...
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... thought, all gauging and measuring of his own with a different rod from that he would apply to another's. He will ... thought is the man's existence, whose word is the man's power of thought. It is true.
... thought, all gauging and measuring of his own with a different rod from that he would apply to another's. He will ... thought is the man's existence, whose word is the man's power of thought. It is true.
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George MacDonald. word is the man's power of thought. It is true that, being thus his offspring, God, as St Paul affirms, cannot be far from any one of us: were we not in closest contact of creating and created, we could not exist; as we ...
George MacDonald. word is the man's power of thought. It is true that, being thus his offspring, God, as St Paul affirms, cannot be far from any one of us: were we not in closest contact of creating and created, we could not exist; as we ...
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... thought. There is in it no intent of, or hint at sorrow or shame, or any other of the mental conditions that, not unfrequently accompanying repentance, have been taken for essential parts of it, sometimes for its very essence. Here, the ...
... thought. There is in it no intent of, or hint at sorrow or shame, or any other of the mental conditions that, not unfrequently accompanying repentance, have been taken for essential parts of it, sometimes for its very essence. Here, the ...
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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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