I began to study theology sixty years ago. Theology was for me then, and is still, a fascinating, disturbing and wonderful discipline, an adventure of ideas, a progression into new spheres, and a beginning without end. This book is intended to bring out my experience that it is a profound joy to think about life and death, the future and the earth before God, and what that means theologically. But at the beginning and at the end is always God himself. God is our joy, God is our torment, God is our