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 [...]
A friend recently posted a quote from Dave Hunt, who said: “The choice we face is not, as many imagine, between heaven and hell. Rather, the choice is between heaven and this world. Even a fool would exchange hell for heaven; but only the wise will exchange this world for heaven.” – An Urgent Call [...]
A Better Place I overheard two men talking the other day, and caught the last bit of a conversation they were having. I do not really know what they were talking about, but I can hazard a guess. They concluded their talk with “she’s in a better place.” My guess is that they were talking [...]
doctrine of human nature Conditionalist theologians believe that the Bible presents a complete and verified doctrine of human nature. We do not believe that God has left out pieces of the puzzle from the scripture that have to be supplied by pagan philosophy. Augustine believed that God gave him insight into human nature through the [...]
There were 400 silent years – a gap between the closing of the Old Testament prophets and the writing of the New Testament. During this time the doctrine of the intermediate state (that state between death and the resurrection) underwent a sort of evolution. Jews became immersed in pagan communities which held to the doctrine [...]
The Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-9, Luke 9:28-36) was a “vision” experience (Matt 17:9). This doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t objectively real at all. But it does mean that it was the work and gift of God, impossible without God. And in a vision, therefore, anything is possible. The transfiguration of Jesus was [...]
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 Death?” What I was getting at in the title I probably never really got to in the sermon. I think [...]
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 the body, but dies with it … No biblical text authorizes the statement that the ‘soul’ is separated from the [...]
I found this on the koinonia blog site. Dale Manor discusses ancient burial practices as background to the book of Ruth, especially chapter 1. “The Bible often refers to death as being gathered to one’s people (cf. e.g., Gen. 25:8, 17; 35:29; 49:33; Num. 20:24, 26; Deut. 32:50), and Jacob and Joseph gave specific instructions [...]
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 man became a living soul.” There are other interesting occurrences of neshamah, of course. Two which especially indicate its [...]
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...]
