The Devil's Redemption : 2 Volumes

The Devil's Redemption : 2 Volumes
Author: Michael J. McClymond
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 1337
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493406612
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2018 Book Award Winner, The Gospel Coalition (Academic Theology) A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2019 Will all evil finally turn to good, or does some evil remain stubbornly opposed to God and God's goodness? Will even the devil be redeemed? Addressing a theological issue of perennial interest, this comprehensive book (in two volumes) surveys the history of Christian universalism from the second to the twenty-first century and offers an interpretation of how and why universalist belief arose. The author explores what the church has taught about universal salvation and hell and critiques universalism from a biblical, philosophical, and theological standpoint. He shows that the effort to extend grace to everyone undermines the principle of grace for anyone.

Devil's Salvation

Devil's Salvation
Author: Zeena Becks
Publisher: Zeena Becks
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2023-08-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Maybe Nate was right this whole time. Maybe nothing would change if he announced our relationship, only the number of people hating me. Maybe my need to officially be his girlfriend is caused by something entirely different than the wish to have everyone know he's mine. Maybe it's my last desperate attempt to save something that was broken long ago. "I don't want to talk. Not about us, not about the weather, not at all. What I want is for you to leave me alone," I tell him as I enter the lounge area on the upper deck. "Jay, please! We have to talk about this! You can't seriously expect me to leave like this, we have to talk this out, we have to find a solution!" He's feeling helpless, I hear it in his voice. But what I'm feeling is emptiness. Exhaustion. And not the slightest bit of interest in hearing any more meaningless promises. "I can’t, Nate, I'm so fucking tired of this." Sighing, I finally turn around to him. "You say you love me, right? Then please, if you really love me, go. Leave me alone, I'm begging you!" The devastation in his eyes takes my breath away, it tells me he can sense it too. Maybe this is how it all ends. Our love. Our friendship. Us. Six months have passed since Jay and Nate reunited. Six months of getting to know each other again, to fall in love again, well protected by the comfort of being home. But tour break is over now, it's time for Nate to get back on the road. Back to his life as the lead singer of the British rock band Devil's Entourage. Music, concerts, and the most beautiful places of Europe await them, but so do fangirls, rumours, and the watchful eyes of the public. Will their love still flourish when it's faced with jealousy and misunderstandings? And will Jay be strong enough to handle living a life in public?

Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down

Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down
Author: Pamela J. Walker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2001-04-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520925854
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Those people in uniforms who ring bells and raise money for the poor during the holiday season belong to a religious movement that in 1865 combined early feminism, street preaching, holiness theology, and intentionally outrageous singing into what soon became the Salvation Army. In Pulling the Devil's Kingdom Down, Pamela Walker emphasizes how thoroughly the Army entered into nineteenth-century urban life. She follows the movement from its Methodist roots and East London origins through its struggles with the established denominations of England, problems with the law and the media, and public manifestations that included street brawls with working-class toughs. The Salvation Army was a neighborhood religion, with a "battle plan" especially suited to urban working-class geography and cultural life. The ability to use popular leisure activities as inspiration was a major factor in the Army's success, since pubs, music halls, sports, and betting were regarded as its principal rivals. Salvationist women claimed the "right to preach" and enjoyed spiritual authority and public visibility more extensively than in virtually any other religious or secular organization. Opposition to the new movement was equally energetic and took many forms, but even as contemporary music hall performers ridiculed the "Hallelujah Lasses," the Salvation Army was spreading across Great Britain and the Continent, and on to North America. The Army offered a distinctive response to the dilemmas facing Victorian Christians, in particular the relationship between what Salvationists believed and the work they did. Walker fills in the social, cultural, and religious contexts that make that relationship come to life.

Core Christianity

Core Christianity
Author: Michael Horton
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310525071
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What beliefs are core to the Christian faith? This book is here to help you understand the reason for your hope as a Christian so that you can see it with fresh sight and invite others into the conversation. A lot of Christians take their story—the narratives that give rise to their beliefs—for granted. They pray, go to church, perhaps even read their Bible. But they might be stuck if a stranger asked them to explain what they believe and why they believe it. Author, pastor, and theologian Mike Horton unpacks the essential and basic beliefs that all Christians share in a way that is easy to understand and applicable to our lives today. And in a way that will make you excited to be a Christian! Core Christianity covers topics like: Jesus as both fully God and fully man. The doctrine of the Trinity. The goodness of God despite a broken world. The ways God speaks. The meaning of salvation. What is the Christian calling? Includes discussion questions for individual or group use. This introduction to the basic doctrines of Christianity is perfect for those who are new to the faith, as well as those who have an interest in deepening their understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

SATAN'S SALVATION ON GOD'S PULPITS

SATAN'S SALVATION ON GOD'S PULPITS
Author: Uchemadu Chée Kamanu
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2020-12-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1644689685
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Some preachers are tares; some preachers are wheat. Tares and wheat will grow together until harvest time (Matthew 13:24-30). We shall know them by the fruits of their lips. This book shows, with Bible-based analytical details, how to know and disregard their false messages. Every teaching in Christian scripture, written by men, is inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). There is a passage of scripture written by God himself. This passage is under attack by an agency of the devil, who "thinks to change times and laws" (Daniel 7:25). Satan gave this agent "his power, his seat, and great authority" (Revelation 13:2). This book shows with Bible-based analytical details and church history, who this Satan's agent is, and how his ministers disguise themselves (2 Corinthians 11:14, 15). They all preach Satan's salvation on God's pulpits. They can be found planted by Satan, in every good or bad church, since tares and wheat will grow together until harvest time. What about the heaven bound 144,000 followers of Jesus Christ? The clear scriptures show who they are-no private interpretation! We show the calculation from Bible data, the historicity of the pre-flood world, Noah's ark, and how they could have been communicated directly by Noah and Shem, twenty years into the life of Jacob, who later lived in Egypt, in Africa. We can see where Cain could have gotten his wife. The truth shall prevail and keep us unspotted by false preachers and their smooth talking. We should find out how these deceitful agents try to envelop us and avoid their deceptions. By God's grace, we can avoid their deceptions or confusion! We wish to see you in heaven; please wish us the same.

The Real Devil

The Real Devil
Author: Duncan Heaster
Publisher: duncan heaster
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2009
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 1906951012
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Doubt Busters

Doubt Busters
Author: Steve Husting
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2017-10-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1387312820
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This massive compilation of 140 Christian questions and answers go from the interesting (How can you believe a dead man came back to life?) to the incendiary (Why does God hate homosexuals?), to the irritating (How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?). These age-old difficulties have caused many people to question the Christian faith. They are tough questions, but they have solid, satisfying answers that can banish your doubts. This handy volume covers the material with a friendly, readable style using personal anecdotes, real-life stories, and analogies from nature. The author drew from his years of teaching God's Word and writing devotionals to write plainly and root his answers in the Word of God. This book will help you . . . - Confront hidden biases and see how our culture warps God's message. - Gain more confidence about the reasonableness of the Christian faith. - Remove crippling doubts about the trustworthiness of the Scriptures. - Share your faith and take a stand.

Spectacular Sins

Spectacular Sins
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433502755
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John Piper poignantly shares what God wants us to know about his sovereignty and Christ's supremacy when we encounter sin or tragedy.

Salvation

Salvation
Author: Dr. Peter Pryce
Publisher: Dr. Peter Pryce
Total Pages: 757
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9988879911
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Here is a narrower, chronological format in which you can conceptualize this book as a work of translation: 1. Academia/Universities and Research Centers 2. Translation Studies discipline 3. Source text/material – the Bible and the dreams in the spirit realm 4. Target text/translation – this book 5. The spiritual effect/aftermath A possible spiritual consequence may arise from reading the Bible or from reading texts derived from the Bible, and that consequence is “conversion” – just the same way as one may become converted into the philosophy of capitalism as a result of reading works and ideas on capitalism. In other words, there are two-pronged dimensions that accrue from this book, or from several of my works on Bible Commentary: 1. The Bible is, for you, just as any rich academic literature book that you read, examine, explore, question, analyze, translate and interpret in as many myriad forms as possible, reading between the lines and seeing plausible messages, themes, communications, ideas, concepts, and hidden meanings that you discover, reveal, argue, and expatiate with copious underpinnings of versified exposition, demonstrating textual analysis skill to decipher parables, allegories, metaphors, similes, all forms and manner of poetic figures of speech, and dark sayings, and so on and so forth. Or 2. The Bible is, for you, not like any other book, but is rather spiritual and those words in it, as we say that words have power, do indeed have power to connect into your spirit, into your inner hidden self to reveal yourself to yourself in ways that no other book is able to accomplish! i. John 6:63 (KJV) It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. ii. Romans 7:14 (KJV) For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. iii. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV) But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. iv. Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. v. James 1:23 (KJV) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: vi. James 1:24 (KJV) For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. vii. James 1:25 (KJV) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. To those of you who adhere to the number 1 characterization of this book, or any of my several works on Bible Commentary, you will find plenty academic literature evidence just as those of you who adhere to the number 2 characterization of this book, or any of my several works on Bible Commentary, you will also find plenty spiritual effect and evidence.

Why We're Catholic

Why We're Catholic
Author: Trent Horn
Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781683570240
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"How can you believe all this stuff? This is the number-one question Catholics get asked and, sometimes, we ask ourselves. Why do we believe that God exists, that he became a man and came to save us, that what looks like a wafer of bread is actually his body? Why do we believe that he inspired a holy book and founded an infallible Church to teach us the one true way to live? Ever since he became Catholic, Trent Horn has spent a lot of time answering these questions, trying to explain to friends, family, and total strangers the reasons for his Catholic faith. Some didn't believe in God, or even in the existence of truth. Others said they were spiritual but didn't think you needed religion to be happy. Some were Christians who thought Catholic doctrines over-complicated the pure gospel. And some were fellow Catholics who had a hard time understanding everything they professed to believe on Sunday. Why We're Catholic assembles the clearest, friendliest, most helpful answers that Trent learned to give to all these people and more. Beginning with how we can know reality and ending with our hope of eternal life, it s the perfect way to help skeptics and seekers (or Catholics who want to firm up their faith) understand the evidence that bolsters our belief and brings us joy" --