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Second Thoughts about the Second Coming: Understanding the End Times, Our Future, and Christian Hope

Robert D. Cornwall
4.14/5 (12 ratings)
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Various ideas float around about the subject of last things, leading many Christians to conclude that they don't know what to think about the subject. Yet at the core of the Christian doctrine of last things lies two simple and complementary hopes: that God ever and always offers hope for our individual futures and for the future of the whole world.

In this helpful book, Allen and Cornwall explain how we don't have to subscribe to sensationalist theories or sketchy interpretations to believe in Christian hope. They walk the reader through the central biblical teachings on last things and then show the ways the church has interpreted those teachings throughout the centuries. In a respectful way, the authors demonstrate that end-time beliefs centered on the Rapture came into existence only recently, and they then offer several more life-affirming, contemporary interpretations as alternatives.

The book includes a study guide and web-based appendixes designed to help pastors develop both topical and lectionary-based sermon series on Christian hope.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
214 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Westminster John Knox Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1646983068
ISBN13:
9781646983063
kindle Asin:
B0BVPRC58Q

Second Thoughts about the Second Coming: Understanding the End Times, Our Future, and Christian Hope

Robert D. Cornwall
4.14/5 (12 ratings)
Read Download
Various ideas float around about the subject of last things, leading many Christians to conclude that they don't know what to think about the subject. Yet at the core of the Christian doctrine of last things lies two simple and complementary hopes: that God ever and always offers hope for our individual futures and for the future of the whole world.

In this helpful book, Allen and Cornwall explain how we don't have to subscribe to sensationalist theories or sketchy interpretations to believe in Christian hope. They walk the reader through the central biblical teachings on last things and then show the ways the church has interpreted those teachings throughout the centuries. In a respectful way, the authors demonstrate that end-time beliefs centered on the Rapture came into existence only recently, and they then offer several more life-affirming, contemporary interpretations as alternatives.

The book includes a study guide and web-based appendixes designed to help pastors develop both topical and lectionary-based sermon series on Christian hope.
Format:
Kindle Edition
Pages:
214 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Westminster John Knox Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1646983068
ISBN13:
9781646983063
kindle Asin:
B0BVPRC58Q

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