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AUTHOR'S NOTE

INTRODUCTION
1. THE ESSENCE OF LIFE AND MEANING
2. A SUBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
3. DEVELOPING A PERSPECTIVE
4. COUNTERING PREJUDICE

FOUNDATIONS
5. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
6. IS THERE A GOD?
7. ORIGINS
8. WHICH GOD?
9. UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHY
10. CONSIDERING TRUTH
11. THE RULE OF FAITH
12. ESTABLISHING TRUTH

FRAMEWORK
13. GOD'S PLAN
14. MAN'S OPPORTUNITY
15. FREEWILL
16. IN THE BEGINNING
17. AN ISSUE OF GOVERNANCE
18. ORIGINAL CONSEQUENCES
19. REDEMPTION (Explaining the Passion of the Christ)
20. JUDGEMENT
21. THE ELUSIVENESS OF GOD

CLARIFICATION
22. THE UNSEEN POWERS
23. THE TWO KINGDOMS
24. WHO IS IN CONTROL?
25. WHAT MAN IS
26. THE NATURE OF MAN

DEVELOPMENT
27. THE ULTIMATE GOAL
28. ENTERING ETERNITY
29. AN OVERVIEW OF BIBLICAL HISTORY
30. THE DYNAMICS OF LIFE
- THE IMPLICATION OF NATURAL,SPIRITUAL, AND MORAL LAW
- SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES
31. ADDED BENEFITS
32. WHY THINGS GO WRONG
- GENERAL CAUSES
- NATURAL DISASTERS
- SPECIFIC JUDGEMENT
- SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE
- THE POWER OF SIN
- CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
- PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
- SUMMARY
- THE BELIEVERS EXPERIENCE

PREPARATION
33. FREE FROM THE LAW
34. EXPECTATIONS
35. THE END OF THE AGE
36. IN CONCLUSION

APPENDICES
1. PREDESTINATION AND FOREKNOWLEDGE
2. BECOMING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS
3. UNDERSTANDING THE CHURCH
4. CRISIS IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
5. THE ORDINARY BELIEVER’S LIFE
5. CRISIS IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
6. A NOT SO SIMPLE ANALOGY
7. IN CONSIDERATION OF ETERNAL TORMENT