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Consequently, there is a third affirmation about man which the Bible stresses. If we are created for fellowship with God, and if we have rejected that fellowship, it is also true that God has provided a way for the fellowship to be restored. This is what makes the Christian faith "good" news. Without this, it would only be "bad" news. The "good" news is that the separation between God and ourselves which we cannot overcome has been overcome for us by God, and that he freely offers us a brand-new relationship with him. This is a roundabout way of describing such Biblical words as "salvation," "redemption," "reconciliation," and "grace." While these are not precisely identical in meaning, they all describe the same fundamental experience, and represent the heart and core of Biblical faith. We must try to understand what is at stake here, for in one way or another all of us ask the question to which these words offer an answer. We ask it in different ways: How can I be changed? How can I stop being so self-centered? What must I do to be saved? Who will deliver me from this body of death? How can I find some meaning for my life? God conquers death God gives us the power to conquer The Only Real "Answer" A Question You Can't Avoid Some Current Answers -- a Dime a Dozen The First Part of the Biblical Answer What Is the "Image of God"? Some Consequences The Second Part of the Biblical Answer What Sin Is Supplying Some Documentation What Sin Is Not Getting Straightened Out How Can I Be Changed? The Third Part of the Biblical Answer The First Step After the First Step The Heart of the Matter Not Once and for All Some Hints for Growing -- Tried and Tested A Final Warning Why Isn't "Individual Religion" Enough? The Case Against the Church -a Bagful of Objections When Did the Church Get Started? Just What Is a "Covenant"? The "New Covenant" Becomes a Possibility Those Words of Jesus to Peter Those "Upsetters of the World" A Rebuttal of the Case Against the Church Why the Church? Last Judgment? Second Coming? What Do They Mean? The Inescapability of Eschatology The Point of Biblical Eschatology: History Is Going Somewhere The Dangers of Literalism Exploring New Testament Eschatology The Kingdom of God A Few Bits of Help The Gift of God Schatology and "What I Do Today" What Happens When I Die? Sheol -- Where God Is Not Present The Community of the Resurrection Paul's Attempt to Describe the Christian Fact A "Spiritual Body" The Facts of the Case I Try to Live a Good Life. Why Isn't That Enough? The "Micah" Variation The "Worship and Action" Variation The "Therefore" Variation The Biblical faith that God is the Creator