Searching for Orthodoxy: A Layman's Guide to Eternal Life

From the Bible we learn of a certain rich man who asked Jesus, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" His question is the most important question that could ever be asked, and Jesus' answer seemed to imply that we must sell all that we have and give money to the poor to gain passage to Heaven. Throughout the Church's history there have been numerous different interpretations of God's word, not only of this account—of Jesus and a rich man—but of the entire Bible, as it has been understood...