Conditional Immortality, Soul Sleep and Annihilationism
Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me. (Psalm 119:175 NKJV). In a long acrostic poem which mostly praises the word of God, an unknown psalmist asks the LORD to keep him alive, so that he can continue praising him, and continue learning from him. It seems a [...]
One of the earliest texts that we conditionalists turn to for support of our outlandish theories about human mortality is Genesis 3:22. Some modern translations treat the text as God making a prohibition against human access to the tree of life: “And the LORD God said, “Now that the man has become like one of [...]
The epistles in the New Testament offer readers a picture of the gospel in missions and church context. We seldom read them that way, choosing rather to pick a verse here, a paragraph there, and try to apply those isolated texts to our personal lives. That usually works, though, because God’s word does have implications [...]
Psalm 37 David encourages his listeners to realize that even though they will face adversaries, they should not worry, because all God’s enemies will eventually be destroyed. Soon they will be “no more” (10,36). Evil has no future in God’s universe. This is not a guarantee that we will never suffer in this life. It [...]
Jesus died to save people from their sin. That has always been at the heart of the Gospel. But was Jesus mortal, like us? This is a question I’ve seen posed a number of times. On the face of it, the question seems a a bit strange. Jesus had arteries. He had a brain. He [...]
A majority of the articles on this site present arguments for truth based on interpretations of the Holy Bible. The authors share a common respect and appreciation for the Bible as a foundational source of truth. We believe that the teachings of the Bible are so important that they need to be correctly understood and [...]
Abaddon – A Hebrew word for destruction. It is used in parallels for both Sheol (the intermediate state) and Qever (the grave). Both are places of destruction, not life. Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Psa. 88:11; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. The name of the angel of the bottomless pit (Rev. 9:11). abyss - A Greek work for [...]
Qohelet קֹהֶלֶת , the Hebrew name the author of Ecclesiastes gives himself, wrote that life was meaningless, that so much that goes on in the world just doesn’t make sense, and that our existence seems so fleeting as to make us wonder why we even bother. Depressing stuff! And yet, plenty of Christians have managed to find [...]
The nursery rhyme asks “What are little boys made of?” — and answers “Snips & snails & puppy dogs tails and such are little boys made of.”1 Little girls fare slightly better. They are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” No one believes that these statements reflect the actual chemical makeup of boys and [...]
“(God) will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;but for those who are self- seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury” (Romans 2:6-8 ESV). two questions [...]
Here is the video from last year's conference. The transcript is here: Tracing the Road to Gehenna We should be videoing this year's conference … [Read More...]
