The Everlasting Man (Sea Harp Timeless series)

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Destiny Image Publishers, Jul 12, 2022 - Religion - 482 pages

Has religion, the church, or Christianity become convoluted? confusing? disappointing?

We live in a time where church attendance is declining, where faith has become so deeply intertwined with politics, ideologies, theologies and personal opinions that it's seemingly impossible to find Truth. In all of this, we have lost sight of the center of it all—that is, the utterly enchanting person of Jesus Christ.

In G.K. Chesterton’s Everlasting Man, the reader will be brought back to the very foundation of the Christian faith: that is, Jesus—His life, death and resurrection.

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was arguably the greatest writer and thinker of the 20th century—his keen intellect, wit, spirit and wisdom would go on to influence writers like J. R. R. Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, C. S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot and many more. Chesterton’s ability to broach controversial and diverse topics with a sense of humor and the use of paradox has made him one of the most influential voices in both Christian and secular spheres.

In Everlasting Man, Chesterton brilliantly examines the history of man from a Christ-centered perspective, appealing to the mind and heart as he points to the power, truth and supremacy of Jesus by exploring:

  • The uniqueness of Jesus’ claims
  • Jesus’ ability to unite religion and philosophy
  • Jesus’ radical and shocking teaching
  • Jesus’ affirmation of human goodness
  • The hope of Jesus’ resurrection for all mankind

Chesterton writes, "There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. The other is to walk ’round the whole world till we come back to the same place." Everlasting Man will lead us home—to the person of Jesus, to the foundation of faith, and perhaps even to the doors of the Church.

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Contents

Foreword from Sea Harp Press Prefatory Note
The Plan of this Book
Part One On the Creature Called
The Man in the Cave
Professors and Prehistoric
The Antiquity of Civilisation
God and Comparative Religion
Man and Mythologies
The End of the World
Part Two On the Man Called Christ
The God in the Cave
The Riddles of the Gospel
The Strangest Story in the World
The Witness of the Heretics
The Escape from Paganism
The Five Deaths of the Faith

The Demons and the Philosophers
The War of the Gods and Demons
The Summary of This Book
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. His literary legacy has had a lasting impact on a spectrum of thinkers and writers — from Mahatma Ghandi, to Jorge Luis Borges, to Neil Gaiman. In addition to his fiction writings, which include the Father Brown Mysteries and The Man Who Was Thursday, Chesterton wrote powerful works on apologetics. Books like Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man are as profound as they are imaginative. Chesterton leads his readers into a fuller understanding of Scripture, a deeper affection for Jesus, and a loving dedication to His church.

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