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100 1 _aKingsley, Charles,
_d1819-1875
245 1 4 _aThe Good News of God
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-12-01
505 0 _aThe beatific vision -- The glory of the cross -- The life of God -- The Song of the Three Children -- The eternal goodness -- Worship -- God's inheritance -- 'De profundis' -- The love of God its own reward -- The race of life -- Self-respect and self-righteousness -- True repentance -- The letter and the Spirit -- Heroes and heroines (Whitsunday) -- The measure of the cross -- The pure in heart -- Music (Christmas Day) -- The Christ Child (Christmas Day) -- Christ's boyhood -- The locust-swarms -- Salvation -- The beginning and end of wisdom -- Human nature (Septuagesima Sunday) -- The charity of God -- The days of the week -- The heavenly father -- The good shepherd -- Dark times -- God's creation -- True prudence -- The penitent thief -- The temper of Christ -- The friend of sinners -- The sea of glass -- A God in pain -- On the fall -- The worthy communicant -- Our deserts -- The loftiness of God.
508 _aTranscribed from the 1887 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price
520 _a"The Good News of God" by Charles Kingsley is a collection of sermons written in the late 19th century. The text explores key Christian themes, including love, goodness, repentance, and the nature of God, with an emphasis on the idea that true worship involves loving one’s neighbor as oneself. Through a series of sermons, Kingsley delves into the essence of God's character and the implications it has for how believers should reflect that goodness in their lives. The opening of the book begins with the first sermon titled "The Beatific Vision." Kingsley discusses the challenge many people face in loving God and argues that this struggle is often due to a lack of understanding of God's true nature. He emphasizes that God is fundamentally good and loveable, and that recognizing this is essential for loving Him wholeheartedly. The sermon also urges listeners to appreciate goodness wherever they find it, suggesting that a true vision of God’s goodness is transformative. Kingsley illustrates that true love for God is rooted in the love of goodness, which should compel individuals to live lives characterized by love, mercy, and selflessness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChurch of England -- Sermons
653 _aSermons, English -- 19th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7051
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