Eternal Life And Human Happiness In Heaven

Author : Christopher M. Brown
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 081323414X
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eternal Life and Human Happiness in Heaven written by Christopher M. Brown and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2021-08-22 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eternal Life and Human Happiness in Heaven treats four apparent problems concerning eternal life in order to clarify our thinking about perfect human happiness in heaven. The teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas provide the basis for solutions to these four problems about eternal life insofar as his teachings call into question common contemporary theological or philosophical presuppositions about God, human persons, and the nature of heaven itself. Indeed, these Thomistic solutions often require us to think very differently from our contemporaries. But thinking differently with St. Thomas is worth it: for the Thomistic solutions to these apparent problems are more satisfying, on both theological and philosophical grounds, than a number of contemporary theological and philosophical approaches. Christopher Brown deploys his argument in four sections. The first section lays out, in three chapters, four apparent problems concerning eternal life—Is heaven a mystical or social reality? Is heaven other-worldly or this-worldly? Is heaven static or dynamic? Won’t human persons eventually get bored in heaven? Brown then explains how and why some important contemporary Christian theologians and philosophers resolve these problems, and notes serious problems with each of these contemporary solutions. The second section explains, in five chapters, St. Thomas’ significant distinction between the essential reward of the saints in heaven and the accidental reward, and treats in detail his account of that in which the essential reward consists, namely, the beatific vision and the proper accidents of the vision (delight, joy, and charity). The third section treats, in five chapters, St. Thomas’ views on the multifaceted accidental reward in heaven, where the accidental reward includes, among other things, glorified human embodiment, participation in the communion of the saints, and the joy experienced by the saints in sensing God’s “new heavens and new earth.” Finally, section four argues, in four chapters, that St. Thomas’ views allow for powerful solutions to the four apparent problems about eternal life examined in the first section. These solutions are powerful because, not only are they consistent with authoritative, Catholic Christian Tradition, but they do not raise any of the significant theological or philosophical problems that attend the contemporary theological and philosophical solutions examined in the first section.

Author : Florentin J. Boudreaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The happiness of Heaven, by a father of the Society of Jesus [F.J. Boudreaux. Transl.]. written by Florentin J. Boudreaux and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Randy Alcorn
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1414389396
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happiness written by Randy Alcorn and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder whether God even cares if we're happy? This world can be so hard, and we aren't promised an easy road. But that's not the whole story. The Bible is filled with verses that prove that ours is a God who not only loves celebrations but also desperately wants his children to experience happiness. Why else would he go to the lengths he did to ensure our eternal happiness in his presence? We know that we will experience unimaginable joy and happiness in heaven, but that doesn't mean we can't also experience joy and happiness here on earth. In Happiness, noted theologian Randy Alcorn (bestselling author of Heaven) dispels centuries of misconceptions about happiness, including downright harmful ideas like the prosperity gospel, and provides indisputable proof that God not only wants us to be happy, he commands it. Randy covers questions like: How can I cultivate happiness in my life? What's the difference between joy and happiness? Can good things become idols that steal our happiness? Is seeking happiness selfish? How can I achieve happiness through gratitude? What does it look like to receive God's grace? The most definitive study on the subject of happiness to date, this book is a paradigm-shifting wake-up call for the church and Christians everywhere.

Author : Hans Kung
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1592442099
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eternal Life? written by Hans Kung and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact cannot be overlooked that we are in the midst of a sociological crisis of orientation on the grand scale. New problems and needs have become insistent, new fears and longings have come to light. Many are looking for a new foothold, a fundamental certainty, a compass for their life and the life of other human beings. The inconsistencies and ambivalence of the phenomena cannot conceal the fact that religion is attracting greater attention: the old religion and many new ones, the Christian religion as well as the Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist religions. In East and West anyway the God Progress seems to have lost rapidly something of its credibility; belief in a continually better life with the aid of science and technology and also through revolution and socialism has been shaken by serious doubts. And, while the elderly have not been able - with all the aids of psychology - to come to terms with the meaning of death, younger people - supposedly a Òno futureÓ generation, apathetic, noncommittal, nervous, and self-destructive - are asking afresh about the missing sense of life. Meanwhile, though science did the most in the last century to destroy belief in immortality and made stupendous efforts to prolong life, it is medicine today that has broken through the taboos in regard to death and with its research into dying has given new life to the question of death and survival. But has medicine - or perhaps parapsychology - proved that there is life after death?

Author : Rev. Fr. J. Boudreau
Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 1505102677
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happiness of Heaven written by Rev. Fr. J. Boudreau and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 1872-04-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Randal Roberts
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329137876
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Three S's to Happiness and Eternal Life written by Randal Roberts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I told you that there are only three things that you needed to do on a daily basis, to be happy as you toward eternal salvation in the Kingdom of God, would you believe me? I believe this idea to be correct and I hope to prove it to you in this book. No, I hope that you can prove it to yourself. As you read what I have to say, what others have said, and what the scriptures have to say about this subject, and as you try for yourself the Three S's to Happiness and Eternal Life, you will find that I may just be right.

Author : Andrew Wommack
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1667503871
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eternal Life written by Andrew Wommack and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever feel "saved and stuck"—that there should be more to experiencing the Christian life? Well, you don't have to wait until you get to heaven to enjoy the full benefits of salvation. Jesus came so that we could have an intimate, personal relationship with God in the here and now. In this thought-provoking booklet, learn how to begin experiencing the eternal life Jesus promised—today!

Author : William J. Hoye
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110704121X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emergence of Eternal Life written by William J. Hoye and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeks to understand and defend the concept of eternal life, and our human longing for fulfilment and happiness.

Author : Sam Storms
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310533856
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practicing the Power written by Sam Storms and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible teaches us that we are to be filled with God's Spirit and that God's presence and grace is manifested among his people as they serve, love, and minister to one another. Yet some of the gifts that God offers to his people aren't commonly seen in many churches today. Gifts of prophecy, healing, tongues, and other supernatural gifts of God seem to be absent, and many Christians are unsure how to cultivate an atmosphere where God's Spirit can work while remaining committed to the foundational truth of God's Word. How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church in the process? In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that remains grounded in the word and centered in the gospel. With examples drawn from his forty years of ministry as a pastor and teachers, Storms offers a guidebook that can help pastors, elders, and church members understand what changes are needed to see God move in supernatural power and to guard against excess and abuse of the spiritual gifts. If you long to see God's Spirit move in your church and life, and aren't sure why that isn't happening or where to begin, this book is for you.

Author : Marcelino SB. Olaño
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453579036
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Can We Attain... ETERNAL LIFE written by Marcelino SB. Olaño and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ETERNAL LIFE provides spiritual and inspirational insights on why God provided humans, the fi nal destiny with Him. From the present world situation, man does not seem to know who he really is, where he came from and where he is going after his time here on earth ends. Man is called to be part of the People of God, but he has to say, “Yes!” to this call. “In the end, forever, you and I will go to heaven or hell, period!”, says a preacher. The decision is yours. Heaven! Or Hell!. To go to heaven, however, one has to listen and obey our LORD Jesus Christ, the ETERNAL WORD.