The Last Things
Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell
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| Weight | 0.34 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 7.13 × 4.75 × 0.3 in |
| ISBN | 9780851515441 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Topic | Spiritual Growth, The End Times |
| Original Pub Date | 1989 |
| Banner Pub Date | Jan 1, 1989 |
| Page Count | 160 |
| Scripture | Whole Bible |
| Format | Book |
Book Description
Concern for the present life has over-powered that for the life to come’. So writes Paul Helm in the Introduction to this timely study of the four ‘last things’: death, judgment, heaven and hell. His purpose is ‘not to speculate, or sentimentalise, but to state as sharply and starkly as possible the plain facts of the matter as Scripture portrays them’.
Paul Helm writes with careful thought and serious purpose, but also with the humility and sensitivity of a Christian convinced that we must follow God’s word wherever it leads, and no further.
The Last Things not only clarifies our view of the future-it also provides a fresher, clearer perspective on the present life.
The Last Things completes Paul Helm’s trilogy on the Christian life, which includes The Beginnings and The Callings, also published by the Trust.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| Introduction | 9 | |
| I | RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD | 15 |
| Limits | 18 | |
| Scripture and Responsibility | 19 | |
| Alarm and Comfort | 24 | |
| God’s gift of Time | 27 | |
| Regaining the Balance | 31 | |
| II | DEATH AND DYING | 34 |
| The Inevitability of Death | 36 | |
| The Day of one’s Death | 39 | |
| The Finality of Death | 42 | |
| Dying and the Test of Faith | 45 | |
| Death and Bodily Resurrection | 50 | |
| Should a Believer want to Die? | 54 | |
| Summing Up | 55 | |
| III | JUDGMENT | 57 |
| The Fact of Judgment | 59 | |
| The Just God | 61 | |
| Judgment according to Truth | 67 | |
| The Standard of Judgment | 71 | |
| Salvation by Works? | 78 | |
| IV | HEAVEN | 83 |
| Continuity and Change | 84 | |
| Heaven as Redemptive, Fixed and Final | 88 | |
| Heaven as Rest, but also as Activity | 93 | |
| Critiques of Heaven | 95 | |
| Heaven as Vision and Reward | 103 | |
| V | HELL | 108 |
| Opposing Hell | 110 | |
| Hell and Annihilation | 117 | |
| Differences in Hell? | 119 | |
| The Preaching of Hell | 125 | |
| VI | GLORY BEGUN BELOW | 129 |
| I Corinthians 15 | 130 | |
| Romans 8 | 135 | |
| II Corinthians 4-5 | 138 | |
| Some Conclusions | 140 | |
| General Index | 145 | |
| Index of Scripture References | 149 |
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