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This is at the heart of the way in which I believe we can today restate the doctrine of final judgment. I find it quite impossible, reading the New Testament on the one hand and the newspaper on the other, to suppose that there will be no ultimate condemnation, no final loss, no human beings to whom, as C. S. Lewis put it, God will eventually say,
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Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Anonymous • CSB Study Bible
It was Arendt who showed me that Augustine was a cartographer of the heart.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
“Going back to Egypt” becomes a metaphor for doubting and turning away from God.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Prolonged trials will always lead to despair and sin if we fail to trust God.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Paul and the Faithfulness of God: Two Book Set (Christian Origins and the Question of God 4)
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You might think of Augustine as offering a hitchhiker’s guide to the cosmos for wandering hearts.