Our Christian Heritage
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- Title
- Our Christian Heritage
- Author
- Himself
- Publication year listed
- 1889
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- Public domain eBook
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About this book
Our Christian Heritage
Author: Gibbons, James, 1834-1921
Year: 1889
CONTENTS. Introduction, 1 Chapter I. Was the World Created, or is it Eternal and Self-Existing? 16 II. The Existence of God Attested by all Nations, Ancient and Modern, 24 III. Conscience bearing Witness to God, 61 IV. The Omnipresence of God, 61 V. Lessons drawn from the Recognition of God's Presence, 69 VI. The Providence of God, 77 VII. Popular objections against Divine Providence, 90 VIII. The Dignity and Efficacy of Prayer, 110 IX. Refutation of Objections against Prayer, 130 X. Gratitude to God, 148 XI. Man possesses Moral Freedom, 163 XII. How to Exercise our Free-Will, 181 XIII. The Immortality of the Soul, 198 XIV. The Eternal Exclusion of the Reprobate from Heaven not Incompatible with Divine Justice and Mercy, 216 XV. The Divinity of Christ attested by Himself and His Disciples, 229 XVI. Our Lord's Divinity Confirmed by His Miracles, and especially by His Resurrection, 240 XVII. The Divine Mission of Christ Demonstrated by the Marvellous Propagation and Perpetuity of the Christian Religion, 262 XVIII. Pagan System of Worship. Origin and Destiny of Man as viewed by Pagan Philosophy, 273 XIX. Origin and Destiny of Man as viewed by Modern Unbelief, 281 XX. Christian Idea of