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THE BREAKTHOUGH SERIES
TRACKING
DOWN THE PROMISE
Let me tell you how I came to write this book. In 1985 when I first stumbled
upon Jesus' teachings on reward in heaven, I was startled. What He was saying
seemed to contradict much of what I had always been taught and believed.
So I began an intensive search for the truth, starting with every Bible verse on the subject of eternal rewards. I studied theological and scholarly works. I spent hours thinking about what Jesus seemed to be saying with such urgency. And I became convinced that spiritual seekers around the world, including millions of Jesus' followers, had mislaid a truth of great importance and promise—and it was time to get it back.
Five years of in-depth study and twelve thick binders later, my findings lined the shelves of my study.
One day I got a call from Dr. Earl Radmacher, president of Western Seminary in Oregon, inviting me to present my material in a weeklong graduate course at the seminary I agreed, but only after he promised to assemble a panel of leading scholars, including some who had also been studying rewards, to sit in and evaluate every word.
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