{"product_id":"absent-from-the-body-present-with-the-lord-biblical-theological-and-rational-arguments-against-purgatory-hardcover-1","title":"Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord: Biblical, Theological, and Rational Arguments Against Purgatory - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas J. Gentry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Baggett\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when Christians die? Some conclude that purgatory--a place of final purging and purification--is what awaits most believers after death in order to prepare for them to eventually fully enjoy God in heaven. But is purgatory what the Bible teaches? What are the theological implications of purgatory? Is purgatory, as some claim, a rational conclusion based on human freedom and moral transformation? In this introductory consideration to the topic of what Christians experience after death, it will be argued that there are clear biblical, theological, and rational reasons to reject any teaching of purgatory. Rather than anticipating a time of future purgation, the joyful expectation of every Christian is that, at the moment of death, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gentry II is the senior minister at Fellowship in Christ Christian Church in Carterville, Illinois. His other books include \u003ci\u003eYou Shall Be My Witnesses: Reflections on Sharing the Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThinking of Worship: A Liturgical Miscellany\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682574078048,"sku":"9781532654572","price":56.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/eFcwOGdRYURjYW4vUG0yRjlpNkJIUT09.webp?v=1775544666","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/absent-from-the-body-present-with-the-lord-biblical-theological-and-rational-arguments-against-purgatory-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}