Recently, I posted about an upcoming documentary promoting the Christian Universalist view of hell, called Hellbound? An interesting piece of news is that, one of…
I’ve always been a bit of a seeker, and have re-examined and overturned many of my previous convictions as I gain more perspective. Beginning as…
Dr. Fudge, author of the clasic book s The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment, Third Edition, presents…
The traditional view of hell, that of eternal conscious torment of the lost, is under fire again, this time, not from Christian Universalists like Rob…
With endorsements from Frank Schaeffer and Brian McClaren, you would rightly suspect that Hellbound? is questioning the traditional view of hell, and perhaps supporting Christian…
I am still in the midst of considering and perhaps adopting the Conditionalist view of hell, which is that those who reject Christ are punished…
One of my favorite atheist podcasts is from The Thinking Atheist. Seth, the proprietor of TA, is a former Christian who is now an outspoken…
I have had a few major doctrinal and ideological shifts since becoming a Christian at the age of 21 in 1986, which in itself was…
I have a whole list of pet peeves, but one of my top annoyances to date is a list of Christian doctrines that are not…
This post is part of a series One of the first tasks in resetting our priorities as Christians is to change our relationship with God.…
I’ll admit it – I am NOT a fan of comic book movies. I don’t hate them, they are just uninteresting to me. Recently, for…
This sermon got some strong positive and negative feedback, including the criticism that it contained ‘profanity.’ You be the judge. Contains the following points: Failures…
This post is part of a series This is the second of the four basic priorities of spirituality, as I outlined in my Introduction is…
This series contains the following posts: God’s Priorities 1: Introduction God’s Priorities 2: Receiving God’s Love God’s Priorities 3: Receiving God’s Truth God’s Priorities 4: Giving Love…
This post is part of a series Reading Watchman Nee’s classic book Spiritual Authority, I realized that my priorities, and what I thought was important,…
All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal…
You could classify objections to the claims of scriptures in three categories: External – historical or scientific inaccuracies Internal – too many textual variants or…
Are the life and teachings of Jesus a proper focus for the development of a Christian ethic, and could such an ethic fit into the…
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On one of my favorite cartoon sites, ASBO Jesus (now gone) a recent cartoon led to a long discussion, which led to a discussion of…
As part of my application to seminary, here’s my second essay: ————————————————– Reflect on how attending Fuller Theological Seminary would complement your present Christian experience…
Five years ago, I applied to the M.Div. program at Gordon Conwell Seminary in Charlotte, NC. I took one course, and failed miserably because I…
In The Evil God Challenge, Flipping Arguments, I attempted to outline Stephen Law’s argument against the existence of a good God. In this post, I…
In a recent, highly publicized series of debates in the U.K. between William Lane Craig, Christian philosopher and apologist, and a series of atheists, resulted…