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Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: Biblical, Theological, and Rational Arguments Against Purgatory - Hardcover

Gentry II, Thomas J

 
9781532654572: Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: Biblical, Theological, and Rational Arguments Against Purgatory
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 153265457X ISBN 13: 9781532654572
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

What happens when Christians die? Some conclude that purgatory--a place of final purging and purification--is what awaits most believers after death in order to prepare for them to eventually fully enjoy God in heaven. But is purgatory what the Bible teaches? What are the theological implications of purgatory? Is purgatory, as some claim, a rational conclusion based on human freedom and moral transformation? In this introductory consideration to the topic of what Christians experience after death, it will be argued that there are clear biblical, theological, and rational reasons to reject any teaching of purgatory. Rather than anticipating a time of future purgation, the joyful expectation of every Christian is that, at the moment of death, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

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About the Authors

Thomas J. Gentry II is the senior minister at Fellowship in Christ Christian Church in Carterville, Illinois. His other books include You Shall Be My Witnesses: Reflections on Sharing the Gospel (2018) and Thinking of Worship: A Liturgical Miscellany (2011).

David Baggett is Professor of Philosophy in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.

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Publisher
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
153265457X
ISBN 13 
9781532654572
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
96