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The Purpose of God's Personal Influence is Transforma-

tion, not Transportation.

CHAPTER III. DYNAMICS

The Power of Religion Consists, not in Rewards and

Punishments, but in God's Personal Influence.

Life Influenced by God's Personality Becomes Eternal in

Quality.

CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW OF THE Cross

The Central Doctrine of Christianity is not Based upon

the Cross, but upon the Resurrection, and Salvation is

not the Legal Consequence of the Dead Christ's Deed,

but the Present Effect of the Living Christ's Imma-

nence, Made Possible by His Death.

Scriptural Terms for the Operation of Religion are Ex-

plainable only by Assuming It to be God's Personal

Influence.

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CHAPTER VII. THE LIGHT FROM THE CROSS 161

The Crucifixion is not the Atonement; It is but a Part

of the Atonement, and It or Any Scheme or Doctrine of

It is Impotent unless It be Vitalized and Completed by

the Present Personal Influence of God.

CHAPTER VIII. THE BALANCE OF DOCTRINE 217

To View Religion as God's Personal Influence Gives

Coherency to Conflicting Doctrines, to Contradictory

Passages of Scripture, and to Opposing Elements in Hu-

man Nature.

The Personal Influence of God is Transforming the

World as a Power of Social Evolution, not as a Rule of

Social Segregation.

The Personal Influence of God is the Propagating Power

of Christianity.

The Bible was not Given to Reveal "Last Things "

nor Future Events; not to Gratify Curiosity, but to

Reveal the Laws of God's Personal Influence.

CHAPTER XII. LIFE IN THE HEAVENS

God's Personal Influence upon His Eternal Sons,

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