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seeing God

How does the hope of seeing God transform the present?

February 25, 2025February 21, 2025

Andy Griffiths has recently written a fascinating Grove booklet on The Hope of Seeing God: The Beatific Vision and Formation. Rather than look at the past of our creation, or the present of the work of the Spirit in effective transformation as disciples of Jesus, is raises the question of whether we should think more …

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Ian Paul

Theologian, author, speaker

Associate Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology; Associate Minister, St Nic's, Nottingham; Managing Editor, Grove Books; member of General Synod and Archbishops' Council. Mac user; chocoholic. Tweets at @psephizo

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What is Sex For? A Pastoral Theology of Our Sexed Bodies

What is Sex For? A Pastoral Theology of Our Sexed Bodies

Revelation (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)

Revelation (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)

The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality

The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality

Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World

Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World: The 'Now' and 'Not Yet' of Eschatology

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