The Eternal Hope Project
The Eternal Hope Project

Author: Sappho Jones

Publisher: LifeRich Publishing

Published: 2023-02-22

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 1489744630

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An abusive mother taught Sappho Jones all about pain at an early age. Years later, an abusive husband continued her education. As a result, the author knows all too well that it often feels like you may have no choice but to continue to endure tremendous hardship. Eventually, however, she broke the cycle of abuse by choosing to listen to the Word of God. That decision paved the way for her to escape her situation through a mix of therapy, counseling, a support group, prayer, and action informed with biblical truth. She has declared the abuse to be over—and you can, too. In this book, she shares how the Lord helped her escape her obstacles, and how you can also escape whatever pain you are suffering. Throughout, she emphasizes that no matter what you have been through, you can enjoy a future of self-love, self-control, and self-worth. It will begin when you find support, reflect on the past, and pray. Get a new outlook on faith, hope, determination, and love with The Eternal Hope Project.

The Hope of Eternal Life
The Hope of Eternal Life

Author: Lowell G. Almen

Publisher: Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialog

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932688634

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Our churches affirm that death cannot destroy the communion with God of those redeemed and justified. The nature of the life that the justified departed share with God cannot be described in great detail and, in this life, it remains a great mystery. Nevertheless, Catholics and Lutherans share the sure and certain hope that the justified departed are in Christ and enjoy the rest that belongs to those who have run the race. This common statement of Round XI offers fresh insights into some issues that proved contentious in the debates of the sixteenth century. Among the issues explored in this dialogue were continuity in the communion of saints, prayers for or about the dead, the meaning of death, purgation, an interim state between death and the final general judgment, and the promise of resurrection. Agreements are affirmed on the basis of new insights, as readers will discover in this statement of Round XI.

Hope Springs Eternal in the Priestly Breast
Hope Springs Eternal in the Priestly Breast

Author: James Valladares PhD

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-04-09

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1462072399

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The clergy abuse scandal has posed the greatest threat to the traditional understanding of the Catholic priesthood since the Protestant Reformation. Now, as then, the deadliest attacks are coming from within the Church. In an attempt to improve a system that allowed a small minority of the clergy to violate children and ameliorate the gross negligence of some bishops who recycled these predators, the American bishops instituted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002. It is, unfortunately, doing the Church more harm than good. In Hope Springs Eternal in the Priestly Breast, Fr. James Valladares shows how justice and charity have been violated by some bishops in dealing with accused priests. He examines the pertinent canons that guide the Churchs judicial system and finds that these are often ignored or wrongly applied. He provides true cases that highlight the injustice of the process and the agony of priests who have been subjected to the charters draconian mandates. The Church has incurred tremendous financial losses because of settlements rising from both legitimate and false claims. Her image has been marred by the secular media, which has taken advantage of the crisis. Even so, we often fail to understand how trivial these are in comparison to the damage done to the priesthood by the enactment of the charters policies. This is the most pressing issue that the bishops need to address.

Eternal Hope
Eternal Hope

Author: Jonathan E. Helmreich

Publisher: Associated University Presses

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780845348796

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"The Reverend Timothy Alden, Jr. contributed significantly and early to higher education and the Presbyterian cause in Western Pennsylvania, as well as to antiquarian studies and the Sunday school movement. Based on Alden's unpublished letters, this biography examines the patriotism, religion, and bipolar moods that motivated Alden in the intellectual climes of New England and the rough western frontier at the beginning of the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Surprised by Hope
Surprised by Hope

Author: N. T. Wright

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2008-02-05

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0061551821

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For years Christians have been asking, "If you died tonight, do you know where you would go?" It turns out that many believers have been giving the wrong answer. It is not heaven. Award-winning author N. T. Wright outlines the present confusion about a Christian's future hope and shows how it is deeply intertwined with how we live today. Wright, who is one of today's premier Bible scholars, asserts that Christianity's most distinctive idea is bodily resurrection. He provides a magisterial defense for a literal resurrection of Jesus and shows how this became the cornerstone for the Christian community's hope in the bodily resurrection of all people at the end of the age. Wright then explores our expectation of "new heavens and a new earth," revealing what happens to the dead until then and what will happen with the "second coming" of Jesus. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation—and if this has already begun in Jesus's resurrection—the church cannot stop at "saving souls" but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life, not only after death but before it.

Crystal Hope
Crystal Hope

Author: Douglas Milewski

Publisher: Donut Baby Entertainment

Published:

Total Pages: 1397

ISBN-13:

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Anybody got a plan? When the world gets invaded, five teenagers get the most powerful weapons ever conceived. If this sounds like an ill-thought plan ripe with unintended consequences, such as leveling stray cities, you’d be right. Still, the world’s got to be saved. What’s a few cities between friends? If you need a light-hearted, action-packed, feel-good book with friendly giants, powerful mechs, mischievous psychics, super-science mages, a rampant disregard for physics, and five new friends on the road trip of a lifetime, this would be the book for you. There’s also an herbivore with an attitude. This is the full series, collected into a single volume.

Dare We Hope - 2nd Edition
Dare We Hope - 2nd Edition

Author: Hans Urs von Balthasar

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 158617942X

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This book is perhaps one of the most misunderstood works of Catholic theology of our time. Critics contend that von Balthasar espouses universalism, the idea that all men will certainly be saved. Yet, as von Balthasar insists, damnation is a real possibility for anyone. Indeed, he explores the nature of damnation with sobering clarity. At the same time, he contends that a deep understanding of God’s merciful love and human freedom, and a careful reading of the Catholic tradition, point to the possibility—not the certainty—that, in the end, all men will accept the salvation Christ won for all. For this all-embracing salvation, von Balthasar says, we may dare hope, we must pray and with God’s help we must work. The Catholic Church’s teaching on hell has been generally neglected by theologians, with the notable exception of von Balthasar. He grounds his reflections clearly in Sacred Scripture and Catholic teaching. While the Church asserts that certain individuals are in heaven (the saints), she never declares a specific individual to be in hell. In fact, the Church hopes that in their final moments of life, even the greatest sinners would have repented of their terrible sins, and be saved. Sacred Scripture states, “God ... desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all” (1 Tim 2:4–5).