Second Thoughts About the Second Coming

Second Thoughts About the Second Coming Understanding the End Times, Our Future, and Christian Hope

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Publisher's Synopsis

Various ideas float around about the subject of last things, leading many Christians to conclude that they don't know what to think about the subject. Yet at the core of the Christian doctrine of last things lies two simple and complementary hopes: that God ever and always offers hope for our individual futures and for the future of the whole world.

In this helpful book, Allen and Cornwall explain how we don't have to subscribe to sensationalist theories or sketchy interpretations to believe in Christian hope. They walk the reader through the central biblical teachings on last things and then show the ways the church has interpreted those teachings throughout the centuries. In a respectful way, the authors demonstrate that end-time beliefs centered on the Rapture came into existence only recently, and they then offer several more life-affirming, contemporary interpretations as alternatives.

The book includes a study guide and web-based appendixes designed to help pastors develop both topical and lectionary-based sermon series on Christian hope.

Book information

ISBN: 9780664268060
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing
Imprint: Westminster John Knox Press
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 236.9
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20230117
Language: English
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 254g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 11mm