The Doctrine of Atonement and the Shorter Road: A Message to All Who Bear the Name of Christian By Johanne Agerskov 44 pages Paperback ISBN 87-87871-56-4 Pub. $6.00 Purchase this book

This small work was published separately because it constitutes a special Message from the transcendental world to all who bear the name of Christian. As its title suggests, it deals with the question of the origin of the Doctrine of Atonement and how this doctrine relates to the essence of Christianity. In so doing it points the way toward the Shorter Road to God, summarized as follows:

"A Mighty work is ended. Shaded, straight and splendid lies the way at the feet of every human being; it is simple to follow, easy to walk; for God's love has made it so! The stumbling block that for ages threatened to close it has been taken away; that evil spirit, Satan, the Elder, who for aeons guarded its entrance has in grief and repentance returned to his Father's Home. His Father's love, the patient and compassionate efforts of his brothers and sisters, his own longing for purity and peace, his yearning for Paradise lost have in the end overcome him. The way is open -- the Shorter Road that was built of love for mankind, of love for the fallen son and brother. The goal that for aeons has been so distant and seemed so unattainable to those who strove for it has now been reached! God's plentiful love has brought humanity closer to the Fatherly Home...

...The road of our Father is built upon these truths: that at the dawn of time, God's fallen children created the visible human body; that God is the Father of the invisible human spirit; that each earthly life brings the human spirit one step forward toward the Light and toward the Fatherly Home; that human beings are accompanied by unseen guardians who are at all times ready to render their help and guidance, a help human beings perceive as an inner voice, which is the conscience; that human beings in prayer to their God and Father can achieve direct communion with Him, with His Thought and with His Will, and thereby receive all the help they need to harden their will in the struggle against Darkness and Sin; that each human being must atone for his or her evil and wicked thoughts and actions; that Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, has pledged himself to be the guide and leader of every human being until all its earthly lives have ended!

Acknowledgment of these truths is the road to God."