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 [...]
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 [...]
Dr Wayne Grudem is an American theologian who has had a significant impact on evangelical thought. His treatment on the concept of the image of God in humanity1 provides a helpful perspective and a good starting point for those interested in studying what the Bible says on the subject. One way Grudem approaches this subject is [...]
Long before Plato ever said anything about the human soul, the Old Testament writers presented a consistent biblical anthropology. Augustine was biased toward platonic philosophy, even going so far as to claim that Plato brought him to God.1 But there is no reason for us today to be biased toward Plato’s (or anyone else’s) philosophy. [...]
Republished from the Bible Standard 1880. What is the soul? This is a question which has been asked in all ages; but the answers which they often gave or got have in many cases failed to convey the correct idea, if not an altogether erroneous one. Before proceeding to answer the question for ourselves, we [...]
Immortal Soul Versus Conditionalism Matthew 10:28 is a watershed text. It serves as a rope, and on either side of the rope is a group of well-meaning Christians tugging over the issue of human nature and destiny. On the one side are those who teach innate immortality. These draw support from Matthew 10:28a, where Jesus [...]
Today’s post today from David Burge. This was written many months ago but recently published in the latest edition of the Maranatha Devotions which celebrates 150 years of the Advent Christian denomination. Genesis 2:7 Today’s Scripture teaches the following truths: that Adam was moulded out of the ground around him (notice that the creature that God formed [...]
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 that verse to “spirits of righteous men made perfect.” I have consulted many commentaries, but they all explain [...]
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. What exactly do you mean by ‘conditional immortality?’ ” * * * “Immortality” means deathlessness, and anyone who is [...]
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...]
