Sean grew up a privileged child nurtured in the womb of his Southern California fundamentalist church. He dreamed of becoming a missionary pilot and hoped Kathleen Wilberforce will share his dream. But he loses Kathleen to a rival, then watches his dream crash like a toy airplane when he washes out of the Torrey Bible Institute mission aviation program (Chicago). Flailing about with disappointments and unanswered prayers, he performs a blasphemous ritual to convince himself that he has become an atheist. Kathleen unexpectedly shows up at the Institute but carries a dark secret that shames her and isolates her from Sean. Meanwhile, Sean finds that being a good atheist is harder than he thought. In his anguish, he seeks a path back to aviation, back to Kathleen, and back to God.

Mercy me!!! Dear God, I only have 48 Hours 'til Eternity? Heavens no...I've spent SO little time preparing for this trip! But here's the bottom line--I'd still like a luxury room with a view!!! And top floor, prrretty please. Cuz, I guess You already know-- eternal accommodations are hard to think about while living on earth, right God? So, here's a couple requests... although I've hardly planned for Your stop, please add to my record that I'm super excited about moving up to Your House! (quiet pause) You are expecting me, aren't You? Well, directions please! Cuz I'm gonna need to know exactly which way is UP--especially since I'll be traveling alone. And about my last-minute emails? Please don't tell anybody (especially Your Son) that I'm feeling just a little bit scared--maybe a tad bit unprepared! So, Confidentially God--Can We Chat!!! Did My Best, The Dying Unbeliever

This treatise does not seek to enlarge the boundaries of Christian knowledge, unless the attempt to restate the old familiar truths of the gospel of grace in the forms they have assumed in a re-thinking of them under the current modes of thought in the passing era can be so called. The object is wholly practical. There are no new speculations here. The discussion only seeks to extend the applicaion of some of these venerable truths to the practical experience of Christian people, and to restate the terms on which the Christian hope may be obtained by those not yet entitled to indulge it. - Preface.

Essays analyze the major traditional texts of Judaism from literary, historical, philosophical, and religious points of view.

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