A dear friend of mine, weary of the intellectual exercises that he had undertaken for many years to create and sustain his faith as a Christian in a certain denomination, confided that he did not have the strength nor the drive to study and explore yet another doctrinal difference – that of ultimate reconciliation or […]
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The following review is by Alex Smith of ReformingHell.com: Four Views on Hell: Second Edition This is the latest book in Zondervan’s(1) Counterpoints―a series that allows 3-5 prominent scholars to each present their view on an important biblical and theological issue, and then respond to each of the others. Thus, in one book, a reader can […]
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That is the subtitle to N. T. Wright’s book Simply Christian. Wright is Bishop of Durham, England, and author of more than thirty books. Does Christianity make sense? I believe it does–it fits the reality of how we were made, what we desire, what our souls crave: intimacy with God and partnering with Him for […]
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John Piper and “Christian Hedonism.” For those not familiar with this term it was coined by Pastor John Piper back in the eighties with his book entitled Desiring God. The basic premise was that God’s glory is actually intertwined with our enjoyment of Him. In fact he modified the answer to the Westminster Catechism question, […]
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Lee Strobel’s chapter defending an eternal hell in his book A Case For Faith has given us a great trajectory with which to follow the main reasons for an eternal hell from an Arminian perspective. I believe when we are finished with this chapter we will have addressed most of the arguments made in support of […]
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Continuing our examination of Lee Strobel’s defense of eternal hell we come to his interview with Dr. J. P. Moreland, distinguished philosopher and theologian. Strobel begins his first gut-level question towards Moorland that was earlier posited to him by the one-time believer-now skeptic Charles Templeton: “How could a loving God torture someone forever for not […]
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Does Billy Graham have anything to say on the topic of universalism? He does as we will find out but I think before anyone judges him unfairly let me remind you of the landscape through which he has journeyed for 93 years and as the most well known evangelist of our time. We must understand […]
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“I would have to wonder how a God of love can enjoy love from creatures that is not given freely. Of course, someone might argue that, in the end, every creature will freely offer love to God and be saved (e.g., Moltmann). I would just call that optimism. There’s no way to believe that true […]
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