This post is part of a series. Having responded to my friend’s initial list of scriptures, I had hoped to get a detailed response, or perhaps a concession (!). Ahh, my naivté! I got a short response with one more Biblical citation: I’m listening to...
The posts in this series include: Letters to a Traditionalist On Hell 01 – Eternal Fire Letters to a Traditionalist On Hell 02 – Undying Worms Letters to a Traditionalist On Hell 03 – Why Should We Care? Letters to a Traditionalist on Hell 04,...
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I began answering objections from my traditionalist friend regarding the Conditional Immortality view of hell – that the traditional view of Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT) in hell is the wrong understanding of the scriptures, and...
This post is part of a series I have a good friend who takes the traditional Christian position on hell, that of Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT). I have, over the past few years, shifted my position to that of Conditional Immortality (CI), also known as...
Are you an idea junkie? Me too. Edge.org is an association of high-level scientists and thinkers that ponder the big questions. One of their activities is their Annual Question, which is posed to their elite members. This has led to a book series, including the...
Few things are as influential as positive testimonies, be they for products, or for faith. The practice of telling the story of how you came to faith, a.k.a. the personal testimony, has waned of late in many churches, in no small part because either people are...
Robert R. Reilly, who has more accomplishments than I can list, has written a fascinating historical account of 9th century Islam, and how the more Hellenic (Greek) version of Islam, which viewed reason and faith as complementary, was ousted by the anti-reason school of thought...
Author James K.A. Smith is a bit of an anomaly to me – a Pentecostal, Reformed philosopher with impeccable intellectual credentials and mindbendingly erudite prose that presents profound ideas for the thinker. In short, I love this guy. In his award winning Desiring the Kingdom,...
