Purgatory is one of the most misunderstood teachings of the Catholic Church — long mistaken for a “spiritual waiting room where one must pay off sins.” God of Love, Fire, and Light takes that picture apart and replaces it, biblically, with the doctrine the Church has always actually taught: Purgatory as a healing encounter with Christ, where God’s love purifies and prepares us for the fullness of heaven.
Dave Armstrong and Kenny Burchard — both Catholic converts from evangelical Protestantism — walk through over 100 texts of Scripture, the Catechism’s teaching, and Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 encyclical Spe Salvi. They unpack the “Five Ps” of Purgatory (what it is and what it isn’t), respond chapter-by-chapter to the most common Protestant objections, and trace a biblical theology of salvation and purgation from the Old Testament through the New. Two friendly dialogues — a “Coffee Talk” and a “Youth Group Talk” — model the kind of bridge-building conversations the book is built for.
Written by two former evangelicals for Catholics who want to explain Purgatory well, and for Protestants willing to look at the texts again with an open Bible.
Inside this book
- The “Five Ps” of Purgatory: what the doctrine actually claims (and what it doesn’t)
- The 25 most common Protestant objections to Purgatory — answered, Bible in hand
- An appendix of **110 biblical texts** supporting Purgatory
- Pope Benedict XVI’s *Spe Salvi* on Purgatory as a healing encounter with Christ
- Two friendly conversation chapters — a “Coffee Talk” and a “Youth Group Talk” — modeling how to explain the doctrine without picking a fight
