{"id":691,"date":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.225.232.228\/us\/store\/uncategorized\/the-sure-guide-to-heaven\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:05:16","slug":"the-sure-guide-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/banneroftruth.org\/uk\/store\/christian-living\/the-sure-guide-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sure Guide to Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Book Description<\/h2>\n<p>This book was previously published by the Trust under the title &#8216;<em>An Alarm to the Unconverted&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the spiritual history of the Western World in the 20th century is written, it may well be seen as the epoch of spiritual sloth and slumber. Eternal realities seemed vaguely-defined and far-removed from daily life, and conformity to the world took the form of carelessness and neglect of spiritual issues. 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