As Jeremy points out in
his book death and resurrection of the church we all should be pushing out against the gates of hell and dwell at its edges ministering to the same people Jesus ministered to.
Not exact matches
------ My Quote for you was the verse 2:214 explaining that we are passing a test of good
and bad, what was our choice we will be rewarded for it... ------ my own words are of my own Holy
Book... and what I do is out of my Iman in the words of this book and my Iman that by what am doing is «All in support of God and his messengers» may I by that deserve the mercy of God before death, after death and on resurrection, judgment date.
Book...
and what I do is out of my Iman in the words of this
book and my Iman that by what am doing is «All in support of God and his messengers» may I by that deserve the mercy of God before death, after death and on resurrection, judgment date.
book and my Iman that by what am doing is «All in support of God
and his messengers» may I by that deserve the mercy of God before
death, after
death and on
resurrection, judgment date...!?
However, this is a
resurrection book; it is filled with life
and light, not
death and darkness.
The Acts of the Apostles, also simply referred to as the «
book of Acts» or «Acts», is a narrative of the apostles» ministry after Christ's
death and resurrection, from which point it resumes
and functions as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke.
But when I have seen this, my next task is to let the
book's message universalize itself in my mind as God's own teaching or doctrine (to use the word that Calvin loved) now addressed to humankind in general
and to me in particular within the frame of reality created by the
death,
resurrection,
and present dominion of Jesus Christ.
Also, the paperback version of The
Death and Resurrection of the Church will be available in a few weeks, if you prefer to read
books that way (I always prefer to read paper versions of
books).
In my
book, The
Death and Resurrection of the Church, I argue that in order to rise to new life
and vibrancy in the Kingdom of God, the church must die.
The
Book of Common Prayer had this meaning in view when it employs, in the course of the Prayer of Consecration in the service of Holy Communion, the words: «Wherefore, O Lord
and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate
and make here, before thy Divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion
and precious
death, his mighty
resurrection and glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.»
Later in the
book, Baruch asked about the exact nature of the
resurrection body at the consummation,
and he was told by God that the dead would rise exactly as they were at the moment of
death,
and after they had been given an opportunity to recognize one another, they would then undergo a spiritual transformation.
In a recent
book (After
Death: Life in God, SCM Press) I have argued that what has just been said is a proper «demythologizing» of traditional Christian talk about death, judgment, resurrection, and eternal
Death: Life in God, SCM Press) I have argued that what has just been said is a proper «demythologizing» of traditional Christian talk about
death, judgment, resurrection, and eternal
death, judgment,
resurrection,
and eternal life.
There are too many
books which affirm
resurrection now
and can't quite believe in
resurrection after
death.
If
death precedes
resurrection, then while taking some of the actions suggested in this
book may cause your church to die
and disappear (again, the physical structure with the building
and programs
and paid staff), the true church of Jesus Christ may actually rise up to new life, light, vibrancy,
and faithfulness!
We have four first century
books describing the alleged facts of the life,
death,
and resurrection of Jesus, but only one, (maybe), claims to be an eyewitness testimony.
They include the naming of angels (Michael, Raphael
and so on); a personal Devil (which Satan later became) with accompanying demons; a
Book of Life which records the deeds of people during their lifetime; a coming cosmic conflict in which the forces of evil will be finally overthrown; the separation of the soul from the body at
death; a general
resurrection and a universal judgement;
and an afterlife with rewards
and punishments.
Both of these
books do a masterful job showing how the Gospel accounts of the life,
death,
and resurrection of Jesus are historically reliable.
Kozol's uniquely passionate take on urban schools
and urban schoolchildren has been documented in such
books as
Death at an Early Age
and, more recently, Ordinary
Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope.
She was still practicing law when she started writing her first
book, «Faith on Trial,» a nonfiction work in which the reader is invited to examine evidence for the
death and resurrection of Jesus.