This paper was written as a final assignment for my M. Div. program at Fuller Theological Seminary, for the class IS502 – The Practice of Christian Community. Introduction Three years ago, as part of my application to the M. Div. program at Fuller Theological Seminary,...
This series is made up of the following posts: The Limits of Christian Non-Violence 01: Non-redemptive Destruction The Limits of Christian Non-Violence 02: The Balancing Principles
This post is part of a series. I am taking a pretty fantastic course at Fuller Theological Seminary this quarter entitled IS502 – THE PRACTICE OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. Fuller is largely populated with what I would call center-left Evangelicals, and often, the profs and students...
I admit it, the title of this post is misleading. In actuality, as Christians, we are to forgive others without condition. The relevant passages teach us that we are to: Forgive people as many times as they sin against us (Matthew 18:21-22) Forgive them because...
This post is part of a series. As you may have read in the last article in this series, my traditionalist friend responded with one final scripture often used to support the traditional view of Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT): I’m listening to Jesus in Luke...
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...
