Life Death and the Resurrection Video #1
September 29, 2009 – 11:04 pm | One Comment

In 1993 Pastor Warren Prestidge made a 6-part video series (now available on DVD) , entitled Life, Death and the Resurrection, which provides thought provoking teaching on these subjects from a biblical (conditional immortality) perspective.
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Twisted Scripture: Hebrews 12:23 by David Burge FDTL Iss 30
February 19, 2010 – 6:06 pm | 5 Comments
Twisted Scripture: Hebrews 12:23 by David Burge FDTL Iss 30

A reader writes
Dear Mr. Burge,
Could you help me understand a difficult text. I am a conditionalist like you, but I am having a really tough time making sense of Heb 12:23, specifically, the reference in …

immortality is conditional (2) Edward Fudge
February 15, 2010 – 6:53 am | No Comment
immortality is conditional (2) Edward Fudge

From today’s GraceEmail
A sister from an independent Christian church in Idaho writes: “You mentioned a book you co-authored on the subject of final punishment, your part being to present the biblical case for conditional immortality. …

Immortality is conditional (1) by Edward Fudge
February 13, 2010 – 1:33 pm | No Comment
Immortality is conditional (1) by  Edward Fudge

From today’s GraceEmail
A sister from an independent Christian church in Idaho writes: “You mentioned a book you co-authored on the subject of final punishment, your part being to present the biblical case for conditional immortality. …

Life Death and the Resurrection #6
October 28, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 2 Comments
Life Death and the Resurrection #6

Video number six, the final video in the series Life Death and the Resurrection is entitled, ”In the End What?” Here is the outline that goes with the video.
Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
“The public are turning to …

Lessons From a Dead Bird: Creation, Destruction, and Salvation
October 12, 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Lessons From a Dead Bird: Creation, Destruction, and Salvation

A friend of mine wrote the following piece on his blog site Explaining the Bible.
Yesterday I found a thrush that had clearly only just died, apparently after flying into a solid object. It was …

Life Death and the Resurrection #2
October 2, 2009 – 10:05 am | No Comment
Life Death and the Resurrection #2

The following is the insert provided with Warren’s videos. It will provide an outline for the second video which should be available by tomorrow.
Video #2 The Breath of Life
HUMAN BEINGS are NOT just like …

Life, Death and the Resurrection #1
September 30, 2009 – 8:44 am | No Comment
Life, Death and the Resurrection #1

LIFE, DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION #1: “TO BE OR NOT TO BE”

The following was the first part of an insert provided with Warren’s videos. It will provide an outline for those who wish to …

Is Death, Death? (Audio)
September 29, 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Is Death, Death? (Audio)

Hear is the audio of the third in a series of sermons I am preaching at my church (on Conditional Immortality and specifically here, the Biblical view of death). The sermon is entitled, “Is Death …

Man’s Nature
September 24, 2009 – 6:11 pm | No Comment
Man’s Nature

This brief address was given around the communion table by a friend of mine at a church in Hamilton, New Zealand. The picture is from a movie called “Stardust.”
God might have made man from star-dust, …

More on “The Departure of the Soul”
September 15, 2009 – 1:00 pm | One Comment
More on “The Departure of the Soul”

Matthew Henry commenting on Genesis 35:16-20 (where Rachel died giving birth to a son) wrongly says, “The death of the body is but the departure of the soul to the world of spirits.”
George Wisbrock however …

Mortal But Made in His Image (Audio)
September 14, 2009 – 3:38 pm | No Comment
Mortal But Made in His Image (Audio)

Here is the audio of a sermon I preached entitled “Mortal but Made in His Image”. It is the second of a series of sermons I am preaching at my church on “Advent Christian distinctives” …

“The Departure of the Soul” A Figure of Speech
September 11, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 3 Comments
“The Departure of the Soul” A Figure of Speech

The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, in its article on death, states that:
“the ‘departure’ of the nephesh [soul] must be viewed as a figure of speech, for it does not continue to exist independently of …

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
September 10, 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

The celebrated Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words discusses the New Testament useage of the word psuche or “soul”. My comments are in bold within the text.
Psuche denotes “the breath, the breath of life,” …

The Immortality of the Soul: A Hellenistic Viewpoint
September 9, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 3 Comments
The Immortality of the Soul: A Hellenistic Viewpoint

In an article entitled: “Immortality of the Soul” (at Jewish Encylopedia Dot Com) Kaufmann Kohler states:
“The belief in the immortality of the soul came to the Jews from contact with Greek thought and chiefly through the …

Mortal But Made in His Image
September 5, 2009 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Mortal But Made in His Image

This is an outline of the second in a series of sermons I am preaching at my church on “Advent Christian distinctives” (Yes, I belong to the AC family of churches) focusing on biblical anthropology. …

Immortality of the Soul “Nowhere Expressly Taught in Holy Scripture”
September 1, 2009 – 1:19 pm | No Comment
Immortality of the Soul “Nowhere Expressly Taught in Holy Scripture”

In an article entitled: “Immortality of the Soul” (at Jewish Encylopedia Dot Com) Kaufmann Kohler states: “The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical …

Word Studies in Genesis Chapter II (Part 2)
August 19, 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Word Studies in Genesis Chapter II (Part 2)

In Brief Bible Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp.19-24, by Sidney A. Hatch.

v.7. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and …

The Souls Under The Altar
August 18, 2009 – 3:00 pm | 2 Comments
The Souls Under The Altar

Revelation 6:9-11 & Hebrews 11:4

Many Christians will be familiar with Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, which book contains a graphic account of the persecution of faithful men and women of God down through the centuries. Today Christians are still suffering and dying for their faith, mainly …

Word Studies in Genesis Chapter II (Part 1)
August 18, 2009 – 12:00 pm | 2 Comments
Word Studies in Genesis Chapter II (Part 1)

In Brief Bible Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp.19-24, by Sidney A. Hatch.

v.7. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; …

Is Death Better By Far?
August 12, 2009 – 12:23 pm | One Comment
Is Death Better By Far?

Does Paul’s desire “to depart and to be with Christ” show us that the believer goes immediately to “heaven” at death and thus that death is “better by far” than life? No way!
Once again we must ask, …