Altar Call - Softcover

Gane, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967305101 ISBN 13: 9780967305103

Verlag: Diadem, 1999

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To many people who believe that Christ is coming again, his absence of almost 2,000 years is a mystery. But Altar Call explores ways to become acquainted with what he is doing in the control center of the universe. Through learning about Christ's ministry from the sanctuary services recorded in the Bible, we can enjoy interaction with him, experience his transforming power, and have confidence that we are at peace with God. Questions addressed in the book include: When you sin, do you have assurance that you are saved? How can you live a holy life? Why are you saved by grace through faith but judged by works? When does God's judgment begin and how does it affect your spiritual experience? What does God expect of you now?

Although Altar Call is based on nearly two decades of scholarly work, several features make it easy and enjoyable to read: (1) Clear language, many illustrations (humorous at times), some diagrams, and a study guide. (2) Direct encounter with the Bible itself. (3) Connects fresh scholarship with practical spirituality. (4) Explains step by step, without assuming that the reader begins with knowledge of the topic. (5) Forthrightly deals with highly controversial issues and challenges common assumptions, but in a positive way.

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Roy Gane was born in Sydney, Australia in 1955 and moved to the United States with his parents in 1962. He grew up mainly in Lincoln, Nebraska and later moved to California, where he completed his Ph.D. in Biblical Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled "Ritual Dynamic Structure: Systems Theory and Ritual Syntax Applied to Selected Ancient Israelite, Babylonian and Hittite Festival Days." Gane has also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and participated in archaeological excavations in Iraq and Jordan. He has authored a number of articles and a book entitled God's Faulty Heroes (Review and Herald, 1996). He taught at Pacific Union College (Angwin, California) from 1992 until 1994, when he joined Andrews University (Berrien Springs, Michigan), where he is currently Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Languages in the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Roy is married to Connie Clark Gane, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Mesopotamian Archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley. The Ganes have a young daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1991.

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Chapter 1: The cross is the altar to which Christ calls everyone on Planet Earth. A few days before His death, Jesus announced: "Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself" (Jn 12:31-32). "Lifted up" did not mean ascending in glory to heaven. "He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die" (verse 33). He would draw everyone to Himself at the cross.

The cross is the altar. Christ draws us there. Why do we come?

What draws us to the Hope diamond in the Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.? The gem is so rich in splendor that its full glory cannot be seen from any one angle. The display case turns every few seconds to unleash dazzling, constantly changing rainbow light from various combinations of perfect facets. Words cannot capture the experience. Why do we come?

A diamond is irresistible. But there is another kind of attraction.

"Lord, let me at least have someone know I'm alive and maybe come rescue me." This was the prayer of United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady in June of 1995 as he huddled in the hills of Bosnia, where his F-16 had been shot down. Hunted by the enemy, he clung to hope for six agonizing days. Burying his face in the dirt as searchers passed a few feet from him, subsisting on leaves, grass, and ants, and catching rain water in Ziploc plastic bags, O'Grady refused to give up. He was hungry and cold, but he knew that a superpower would be working to save him.

O'Grady's prayer was answered. He finally succeeded in getting a radio message to a fellow F-16 pilot flying over Bosnia, who notified his superiors that he had made contact with O'Grady. Headquarters immediately dispatched an armada of about forty planes, all for one man.

When the Marines were landing, they saw a man running toward their helicopter. It was O'Grady. He didn't wait until they got out and came looking for him. He reached the side door of the chopper when it had been open for only three seconds! Why did O'Grady come? He was drawn to the helicopter by an overwhelming desire to live and be free. When he boarded the aircraft, his pent-up emotions came out in heaving sobs of relief. Still shivering, he kept repeating: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." (Reported by Kevin Fedarko and Mark Thompson, "All for One," Time [June 19, 1995], pp. 21-26).

Jesus said He would draw all people to Himself. Is His cross like the Hope diamond? Or like a helicopter that gives hope? Or maybe both and much more.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Diadem
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0967305101
• ISBN 13: 9780967305103
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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