Articles in From Death To Life
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hebrews 12:1-3 ESV
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race …
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Joel B. Green (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is now professor of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, after teaching at Asbury Theological Seminary for ten years, serving as …
The Resurrection in Acts—Part 2
Resurrection of Jesus (cont.)
Peter, was hauled in front of the Council, to give account to for the miracle of making the lame man walk. He told them it had been done …
(Part 1 here)
Looking back now I can see Gods fingerprints over all the events of my journey. But my journey was far from over, it had only just begun. The advice from my sister Marie …
(Part 1 here)
(Part 2 here)
How Conditional Immortality Truths Release from Hindu Fears
There are not going to be millions of rebirths. Because man does not have an immortal soul, he cannot be re-born into this world.
To …
(Part 1 here)
Teaching the Truth of Conditional Immortality
As people who believe in Conditional Immortality, how do we go about teaching this truth to Hindus?
We do not need to start by teaching against reincarnation. A Hindu …
The title of this article takes me directly into the subject of reincarnation. Re-incarnation is a term familiar to most people these days. It is the Hindu doctrine referring to the continual process of dying …
The Old Testament celebrates life. Life is an unqualified good, a gift from God ( Gen 2:7). Wisdom holds in her left hand wealth and honour, but in her right hand long life ( Proverbs …
On the first Sunday of April 1965, at the tender age of 9 months, mother decided the time had come to trundle two older brothers, a reluctant husband, and me off to Saint Matthew’s …
Kevin J. Corcoran begins what is a philosophical book with a very personal reflection: “In 1968 I lost my father to cancer,” Corcoran recalls. “I was four years old. I can still remember the …
Modern neurological research is challenging the traditional concept of a “soul” or a “spirit” separable and distinct from the body and/or the mind. In light of these discoveries, this book explores such fundamental questions as, …
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 …
by David Burge
The book, “Four Views of Hell”, is intended to have the feel of a civilized debate about it.The reader is allowed to see four competing views of hell laid out side by side. …
An English vicar, Rev. Edward Tomlinson, of the Church of England, got grief for himself when he suggested that his role at funerals that featured pop music and bad prose from grieving participants was superfluous:
“I …
