The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory- Christian Foundations Series
Author: Donald G. Bloesch Retail Price: $27.00 Our Price: $19.99
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With this book Bloesch completes his seven-volume systematic theology. Readers who have appreciated the earlier works will find the same clarity and precision demonstrated here as he maps out the theological landscape surrounding the theme of eschatology. While characteristically Reformed in orientation, Bloesch is concerned to acknowledge the relative strengths of other Christian traditions including Pietist, Wesleyan, Lutheran, Anabaptist, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic. In 'The Last Things' Bloesch takes up difficult and sometimes controversial themes such as the coming of the kingdom of God, the return of Jesus Christ, the millennial hope, the final judgment, hell, heaven, purgatory and paradise. Wrestling with biblical texts that often take metaphorical form, Bloesch avoids rationalistic reductionism as well as timid agnosticism. While he acknowledges mystery and even paradox, Bloesch finds biblical revelation more than sufficient to illuminate the central truths of a Christian hope articulated throughout the history of the church. Not just a review of past Christian eschatology, this is a fresh articulation of the grace and glory of God yet to be consummated. The triumph of the grace of Jesus Christ and the dawning of hope beckon us to reach out in the power of the Spirit to receive that blessed future and the promise to renew the life of the church universal today.
