Purpose of God in the Earth Life of Man

Title	Purpose of God in the Earth Life of Man
Publication Type	Book Chapter
Year of Publication	1996
Authors	Roberts, B.H.
Editor	Welch, John W.
Book Title	The Truth, The Way, the Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology
Chapter	27
Edition	2
Pagination	258-268
Publisher	BYU Studies
City	Provo, UT
Keywords	Mortality; Theology

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The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology

Introduction
Introduction: The Right of Man to Know the Meaning of Life
Dissertation on Truth
Of Knowledge: What Man Knows
Of Knowledge: Definitions: Time, Space, Matter, Force, Mind
Of Knowledge: The Solar System
Of Knowledge: Sidereal System
Creation: The Reign of Law
Nature of the Universe—Eternal or Transient? Caused or Uncaused?
Intelligence or Mind and Minds
Nature of the Universe: Monistic or Pluralistic?
Of Knowledge: To the Point of Moral Certainty
From What We Know to Faith: The Possibility of Revelation
Seekers after God: Revelation
A Review of Ancient Religions I
A Review of Ancient Religions II
A Review of Ancient Religions III
A Review of Ancient Religions IV—The Hebrew Religion I
A Review of Ancient Religions IV—The Hebrew Religion II
The Mission Given to Israel
The Revelation of God in Jesus Christ
Departure of the Church from the True Doctrine of God
Of Kindred Subjects to the Knowledge of God Which Men Have Misapprehended
Revelation: Our Revelation Local, Pertaining to Our Earth and Its Heavens
Revelation: Abrahamic Fragment
Creation: The Time and Manner of the Earth’s Creation I
Creation: The Time and Manner of the Earth’s Creation II
Man: Preexistence of Spirits, Eternal Existence of Intelligences
Purpose of God in the Earth Life of Man
A Review of Part I
The Way of Eternal Life—The Everlasting Gospel
The Earth Life of Man Opened
An Adamic Dispensation
Life Status of Adam and Eve at Their Earth Advent
The Problem of Evil
The Affair in Eden—The “Fall” of Man
After the Fall: The First Dispensation of the Gospel
Further Development of the Gospel in the Adamic Dispensation
The Gospel in the Patriarchal and Prophetic Ages
The Postdiluvian Dispensations
The Meridian Dispensation
The Atonement I—The Revealed Fact of the Atonement
The Atonement II—In Harmony with a Reign of Law
The Atonement III—Its Relation to the Attributes of God
The Atonement IV—Could Other Means Than the Atonement Have Brought to Pass Man’s Salvation?
The Atonement V—The Atonement of Broader Scope Than Making Satisfaction for Adam’s Sin
The Atonement VI—The Efficacy of Vicarious Atonement
Departure from 'The Way'
Renewal of “The Way”
The Life: Manifested in the Christ
The Life: Under Commandments of God
The Life: Under The Sermon on the Mount I
The Life: Under The Sermon on the Mount II
The Christian Character: The Teachings of the Apostles I
The Christian Character: The Teachings of the Apostles II
The Ethic of the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times
The Marriage Institution of the New Dispensation
A Masterwork of Mormon Theology?
Rhetoric
Attitudes and Beliefs Concerning Women
Philosophy (Chs. 1-3, 8, 26-27, 33)
Theology (Chs. 6-7, 13, 20, 23, 42)
Science: The Universe, Creation, and Evolution (Chs. 3-5, 9-10, 12, 21, 23-25, 29-32)
History of Religion (Chs. 11, 13-15, 20-22, 46)
The Bible and the Dispensations from Adam to Abraham (Chs. 16-18, 34-38)
The Atonement (Chs. 19. 39-45)
The Renewal of "the Way" (Ch. 47)
Christ: The Life (Chs. 48-55)
The Story of The Truth, The Way, The Life

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Roberts, B.H.. "Purpose of God in the Earth Life of Man." In The Truth, The Way, the Life: An Elementary Treatise on Theology, edited by John W. Welch, 258-268. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 1996.

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