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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... true nature . However absurd the statement may appear to one who has not yet discovered the 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 ...
... true nature . However absurd the statement may appear to one who has not yet discovered the 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 ...
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... true self, is its only possible ease. To free a man from suffering, he must be set right, put in health; and the ... true that Jesus came, in delivering us from our sins, to deliver us also from the painful consequences of our sins. But ...
... true self, is its only possible ease. To free a man from suffering, he must be set right, put in health; and the ... true that Jesus came, in delivering us from our sins, to deliver us also from the painful consequences of our sins. But ...
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... true man save as consequent on the gain of his object . The mission of Jesus was from the same source and with the same object as the punishment of our sins . He came to work along with our punishment . He came to side with it , and set ...
... true man save as consequent on the gain of his object . The mission of Jesus was from the same source and with the same object as the punishment of our sins . He came to work along with our punishment . He came to side with it , and set ...
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... true the memory of the wrongs we have done is, or will become very bitter; but not for those is condemnation; and if that in our character which made them possible were abolished, remorse would lose its worst bitterness in the hope of ...
... true the memory of the wrongs we have done is, or will become very bitter; but not for those is condemnation; and if that in our character which made them possible were abolished, remorse would lose its worst bitterness in the hope of ...
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... true relation of or in the human soul. It is the absence in the man of harmony with the being whose thought is the man's existence, whose word is the man's power of thought. It is true.
... true relation of or in the human soul. It is the absence in the man of harmony with the being whose thought is the man's existence, whose word is the man's power of thought. It is true.
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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