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ROLLER UPDATE #33 – July 28, 2010
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Q: Will Enoch and Elijah be the two end-time “prophets” of Revelation 11?
A: No. The question is based on two commonly-believed ideas, both …
A. INTRODUCTION
“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before the throne; and the books were opened: and a another book was opened, which is (The Book) of Life; and the dead were judged …
A. Its Historical Development 1500BC to 1500AD
Of interest
Why the hell…? [2] – Do we need one? Some ambiguous thoughts on Conditional Immortality
Edward Fudge wrote this tribute ( below) to David Burge in his family notes. David was the editor of this website and the editor of the From Death to Life magazine for the last 4 …
A. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT DEATH, OF SAINT AND SINNER ALIKE
1. It is RETURNING TO DUST: Gen. 3:19, Job 20:11, 21:26, 34:15, Ps. 22:15, 30:9, 49:12, Ps. 104:29, Ecc. 3:19, 12:7
2. It is like …
The Reader will note the strong similarity between the two descriptions given below, the one by Romanism in the Middle Ages and the second by the New England Puritan, Jonathan Edwards, about 1750. Even more important to …
Dear Brother,
I was truly pleased with your last letter. For the first time you have identified for me the basis of your exegesis of Luke 16:19-31 namely that one must take it literally.
Having applied this …
The hymn selections below were appended to a letter recently sent to the pastor of a prominent church inKentucky, who had accused the writer of heresy in teaching “soul-sleep”, and stated “Surely, you know that …
THE SEVEN-FOLD WITNESS TO RESURRECTION TRUTH IN JOB 14
Job 14:10-12 “Man dies and wastes away; yea, man expires …lies down and rises not.” Compare 1Cor.15:18-20, Jn.19:30, Heb.9:27
Job 14:12 “Till the heavens be no more, they …
A. THREE FUNDAMENTALS
1. IF JESUS CHRIST WAS NOT RAISED FROM DEATH, WE HAVE NO SURE HOPE, OR TRUTH, OR KNOWLEDGE OF ANY KIND .
2. ALL BORN OF ADAM MUST DIE, AND DEATH IS TOTAL ABSENCE** OF …
“…the gospel … is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes … ” (Rom. 1:16 NIV)
Not long ago an evangelical preacher remarked that to deny the reality of eternal suffering …
The text of an address given at the Conditional Immortality Conference, June 21 1997
Part One: The Human Condition
“Reclaiming the Gospel”. I hope you groaned a bit when you saw the title of this address. I …
Reflections Regarding Calvinism and Theological Disagreement “Let’s look at the two doctrines causing all the fuss. The first is called conditional immortality. Under this view, Hell is not a place of eternal, enduring torment for …
Part one is here
If God endlessly torments the unsaved this raises many problems:-
1. The tormenting by God is worse then the German holocaust whose victims’ torments had an ending.
2. Many reject Christ because they cannot …
Matthew’s account of the death of Jesus is peculiar in that it alone records the opening of the graves at Christ’s death and the raising of many sleeping saints along with the Lord at his …
The men who led the church after the apostles died. They are called the Early Church Fathers. Some of them overlapped the apostles and, of course, learned their theology from them and from their writings, …
In order for anyone to live life to the full it is essential to have hope. For the Christian, hope is seizing the promise of life and salvation.We wait for the blessed hope of the …
Champions of Conditional Immortality in History- links to original documents
Soul Sleep Deviant Doctrine to Avoid – an article opposing our view. You may like to interact with the author. I have left a link to this website …
Where is hell?
The most popular suggestion is that it is at the centre of the earth. (It certainly is hot down there). According to wikipedia: It’s in Norway. Hell is a village in Stjørdal, Norway …
