July 1, 2013
The Blog
“Hope Beyond Hell” and “Hope For All”
Two very excellent books worth reading and studying are “Hope Beyond Hell” and “Hope For All” by Gerry Beauchemin. These can be explored further here…
Thomas Talbott and Jerry Walls Debate Eternal Hell
The following is a debate held November 12, 2012 between Thomas Talbott (The Inescapable Love of God) and Jerry Walls (Hell: the Logic of Damnation)…
For What Do You Ask, Seek, and Knock…?
I was meditating on the verses from the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus encourages us, even commands us to ask, seek and knock as…
The Life of the Trinity: the “Back-Story” to the Gospel
I was recently listening to a lecture on the Trinitarian relationship between Father, Son and Spirit which was illustrated as the “Back-Story” necessary for an…
A Response to Keller’s “The Importance of Hell” Part 2
Dr. Keller continues in his article, “The Importance of Hell”: (Part 1 HERE) In the parable of Luke 16:19ff, Jesus tells us of a rich…
Singing the Truth We Cannot Yet Speak
Have you noticed how many of our recent worship and popular Christian songs are reflecting a limitless love and power of God? This flies in…
Universalism, Calvinism, and Arminianism
Universalism, Calvinism, and Arminianism: Some preliminary reflections, by Tom Talbott ((homepage), Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Willamette University). When I first began interpreting the New Testament along…
“All Is Well…All Manner of Things Shall Be Well”
Take a moment to meditate on the astounding reality of the Incarnation of the Son of God as you listen to this beautiful song by…
What about “Annihilationism”?
Here is a discussion as to why we believe the view of Annihilationism or a variation called Conditional Immortality (that the unbelieving will be eternally…
The Deeper Story by Peter Hiett
The following is an excerpt from Peter Hiett’s book Epiphany, pages 42-47: So, what’s the deepest story? There’s one more very challenging question for the reader…
Justinian and Apokatástasis
The following is a chapter on the history of universalism as it relates to Justinian, the pagan emperor that tried to influence the council of…
Theories of the Atonement
Throughout the Bible the central question is, “How can sinful man ever be accepted by a holy God?” The Bible takes sin seriously, much more…
A Response to Keller’s “The Importance of Hell” Part 1
Note to USA Today, Christianity.com and Crosswalk.com readers: Interestingly the reference to Tim Keller’s article is actually our refutation of Keller’s belief that the nature…
Peter Hiett: The Sermon That Got Him Fired
The following is a transcript of the sermon pastor Peter Hiett preached in 2004 that resulted in his being “defrocked” from the Evangelical Presbyterian denomination….