Not all roads lead to heaven : sharing an exclusive Jesus in an inclusive world

Not all roads lead to heaven Sharing an exclusive Jesus in an inclusive world

Robert Jeffress, 1955-

Book - 2016

"Almost 60 percent of those in American evangelical churches believe that many religions can lead to eternal life. But if Jesus is to be trusted when He says that no one comes to the Father except through Him, the church is failing in its mission. And it's not hard to guess why. An exclusive Jesus just isn't popular in our inclusive world. Dr. Robert Jeffress calls on Christians to recover the exclusive claims of the one they claim as Lord and Savior--not as a way to keep people out of heaven but as the only way to invite them in"--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Jesus Christ > Person and offices.
Salvation > Christianity.
Apologetics.
Published
Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Books [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Robert Jeffress, 1955- (author)
Physical Description
202 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780801018756
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Acknowledging that "the single greatest stumbling block for nonbelievers coming to faith in Christ is exclusivity," Jeffress, (When Forgiveness Doesn't Make Sense), Senior Pastor of Dallas's First Baptist Church, and host of daily talk show, Pathway to Victory, offers the conservative Christian rationale for this increasingly unpopular position. Alarmed that "conservative Christians are losing the battle for biblical truth," he acknowledges with dismay that many prominent Christians, such as C.S. Lewis and Joel Osteen, have abandoned this "essential belief." To the question "Who will be in heaven?" Jeffress examines four common contemporary responses: universalism, pluralism, inclusivism, and exclusivism, and suggests that without the doctrine of exclusivity, no logical reason for sharing the Christian faith exists. Reading scripture through a literalist lens ("the Bible teaches"), Jeffress reviews the doctrine's roots in both the Old and New Testaments and addresses commonly raised concerns about what exclusivity means for moral people of other faiths, those who have never heard of Jesus, those born before Jesus, and children who die before "the age of accountability." Contending that the majority of humanity is "destined for hell," Jeffress offers this book to equip conservative Christians in their evangelism. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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