The Last Things

2010-03-23
 |  Religion
The Last Things

Author: Donald G. Bloesch

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

ISBN: 0830879439

Category: Religion

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In The Last Things Donald G. Bloesch takes up difficult and sometimes controversial themes such as the coming of the kingdom of God, the return of Jesus Christ, the life hereafter, the millennial hope, the final judgment, hell, heaven, purgatory and paradise. Wrestling with biblical texts that often take metaphorical form, Bloesch avoids rationalistic reductionism as well as timid agnosticism. While he acknowledges mystery and even paradox, Bloesch finds biblical revelation much more than sufficient to illuminate the central truths of a Christian hope articulated throughout the history of the church. The Last Things is not just a review of past Christian eschatology but a fresh articulation of the grace and glory of God yet to be consummated. The triumph of the grace of Jesus Christ and the dawning of hope beckon us to reach out in the power of the Spirit to receive that blessed future and the promise to renew the life of the church universal today.

The Last Things

1998-01-01
 |  Religion
The Last Things

Author: Regis Martin

Publisher: Ignatius Press

ISBN: 9780898706628

Category: Religion

Page: 174

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While much of the world remains in neurotic flight from death, from the Judgment that ineluctably follows, it is vital to the vocation of the Christian that he face, unflinching, the Last Things, including that eternity of joy or woe awaiting every man born into this world. How will we face the end? On whom does our hope finally rest? What are the very Last Things ever to be remembered? These and other breath-catching questions are examined in this book, whose pages abound with insight and imagery drawn from the rich patrimony of the Church's wisdom. Here is a fresh compendium of the thought of saints and sages as disparate as Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Newman, Hopkins, Eliot, Lewis, James Joyce and Flannery O'Connor who adorn the pages of this literary/theological look at Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell. Here, then, is a complete canvassing of the Last Things, whose understanding remains fixed on Christ and his Church, thus awakening that sense of hope on which we depend in our journey home to God.

Heaven, Science, and the Last Things

2011-01-17
 |  Religion
Heaven, Science, and the Last Things

Author: Colin Craston

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

ISBN: 9781610970310

Category: Religion

Page: 82

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How long will this planet go on? How long will the universe last? Scientists give projected answers based on knowledge of universal physical laws. They talk of billions of years. When Christians take part in worship they express belief in what are called the Last Things--Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, concepts based on the Scriptures. Can these beliefs be held on to? Concerning future events the Bible presents diverse and even incredible ideas that are held by Christians. This book is an attempt to interpret the Bible in a credible way and to encourage faith in God's purposes.

Preaching and Teaching the Last Things

2011-09
 |  Religion
Preaching and Teaching the Last Things

Author: Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Publisher: Baker Academic

ISBN: 9780801039270

Category: Religion

Page: 224

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A distinguished evangelical Old Testament scholar offers students, teachers, and pastors his signature guidance for expositing Old Testament eschatological texts.

Eschatology or the Catholic Doctrine of the Last Things: A Dogmatic Treatise

1937
 |  Religion
Eschatology or the Catholic Doctrine of the Last Things: A Dogmatic Treatise

Author: Rev. Joseph Pohle Ph.D. D.D.

Publisher: Aeterna Press

ISBN:

Category: Religion

Page: 164

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1. Definition.—Eschatology is the crown and capstone of dogmatic theology. It may be defined as “the doctrine of the last things,” and tells how the creatures called into being and raised to the supernatural state by God, find their last end in Him, of whom, and by whom, and in whom, as Holy Scripture says, “are all things.” Eschatology is anthropological and cosmological rather than theological; for, though it deals with God as the Consummator and Universal Judge, strictly speaking its subject is the created universe, i. e. man and the cosmos. Aeterna Press

The Seven Last Things

2020-10-22
 |  Religion
The Seven Last Things

Author: David J. MacLeod

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

ISBN: 9781725285866

Category: Religion

Page: 288

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Revelation 19-21 is the New Testament's classic passage on the return of Christ, a passage that has sometimes been called "the last things." In it the apostle John sets forth seven major motifs of biblical eschatology.

Last Things

2007-02-22
 |  Literary Criticism
Last Things

Author: Janet Gezari

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199298181

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 196

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Emily Brontë's poetry is more often celebrated than read. This book seeks to reinstate her poems at the heart of Victorian writing while underlining their relevance. For admirers of 'Wuthering Heights', this work brings the concerns and methods of the novel into focus by relating them to the poems.

Aquinas on the Four Last Things

2021-01-21
 |  Religion
Aquinas on the Four Last Things

Author: Kevin Vost

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press

ISBN: 9781644133002

Category: Religion

Page: 288

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We often think of death as the end, but it’s really just the beginning of eternal life. Death, judgment, heaven, and hell — often called the Four Last Things — are both awe-inspiring and fear-inducing, yet countless saints testify to the profound spiritual benefit of contemplating the awesome mysteries that await us in the afterlife. Few saints have thought more deeply about the Four Last Things than St. Thomas Aquinas — history’s greatest theologian. In these pages, Dr. Kevin Vost has made readable and accessible St. Thomas’s core teachings and insights on the Four Last Things and the wondrous experiences God has in store for us. With St. Thomas as his guide, Dr. Vost explores the destination of our souls after death and uncovers the mysteries surrounding limbo and purgatory. He unveils what our bodies will look like at the resurrection and identifies the four special gifts that will perfect our bodies in heaven. You’ll learn whether sinners will be “left behind” on earth and why we pray for the dead and to the saints. You won’t find here any long, ponderous theological treatises, but rather rapid-fire summaries in simple, accessible language that answer for you a wide range of questions, including: Do our souls go straight to heaven or hell when we die? Are souls ever allowed to leave heaven or hell? Will children who die without Baptism suffer eternal punishment? Where is purgatory mentioned in the Bible? Will our glorified bodies glow? How could God, in His justice, punish us eternally for the sins we committed in our brief time on earth? Will the damned and the demons be released from hell one day? What kinds of rewards await us in heaven?

In the Country of Last Things

1988-05-02
 |  Fiction
In the Country of Last Things

Author: Paul Auster

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781101562598

Category: Fiction

Page: 208

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From the author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel – a spare, powerful, intensely visionary novel about the bare-bones conditions of survival In a distant and unsettling future, Anna Blume is on a mission in an unnamed city of chaos and disaster. Its destitute inhabitants scavenge garbage for food and shelter, no industry exists, and an elusive government provides nothing but corruption. Anna wades through the filth to find her long-lost brother, a one-time journalist who may or may not be alive. New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The New York Trilogy) shows us a disturbing Hobbesian society in this dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel.

Last Things

2000
 |  History
Last Things

Author: Caroline Walker Bynum

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN: 9780812217025

Category: History

Page: 375

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Eleven essays that focus on the competing eschatologies of the Middle Ages.