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In this handbook first published in 1890, Charles Octavius Boothe simply and beautifully lays out the basics of theology for common people. “Before the charge ‘know thyself,’ ” Boothe wrote, “ought to come the far greater charge, ‘know thy God.’ ” He brought the heights of academic theology down to everyday language, and he helps us do the same today. Plain Theology for Plain People shows that...

was to doubt the word of the Lord; the second step was to believe the word of the devil; and the last step was to eat the fruit. She took these steps in quick succession, and landed in hopeless despair. There is but one unlocked “trapdoor” to hell, and that is unbelief in the true God. Eve and Adam fell through this door. All who have fallen in all ages have fallen through this door. This still is the direct route to the “outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
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