Conditional Immortality, Soul Sleep and Annihilationism
Recently, my pastor and his family went on vacation, and he asked me and my family to house-sit their residence. It was an interesting experience. His house is much larger, and in a much nicer neighbourhood than any I have lived in. When I went on my daily walks, I found myself contemplating the beauty [...]
Devotional Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 15. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission It is clear from what Paul says in this chapter that some in the Corinthian churches were trying to downplay the doctrine of the resurrection. Paul encourages the Corinthians to continue to preach it, because the victory that the believer has is the resurrection. If [...]
Devotional Thoughts from 2 Corinthians 4:1-5:10. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission The context of Paul’s earthly tent passage is Paul’s jars of clay passage. He is defending his speaking ministry by saying that he speaks by faith, “knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his [...]
continued from Part 15 General Resurrection In proclaiming Himself to John the Apostle in the vision on Patmos, one of the things the Lord said about Himself was, “{I} have the keys of hell and of death” (Rev. 1:18). He was thus informing John, and the churches, of His power to release those who had [...]
Devotional Thoughts from Acts 25:1-26:32. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission During his two years in prison at Caesarea, Paul had opportunity to defend his actions against the accusations of his Jewish antagonists. In doing so, Paul makes it clear that the gospel message he has preached is really what is on trial. He outlines that gospel [...]
Devotional Thoughts from Rev. 14. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission John in exile on Patmos had much time to reflect. He thought about the choices that he had made in his life, and the results of those choices. When he had the choice to give in to the pressures of the idolatrous world around him, he [...]
Devotional Thoughts from Job 14:7-15. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission. Job is depressed by the limitations of his mortal life. He imagines what it would be like if he were like a tree. Even after it is cut down, there is hope that the stump might sprout again to new life. He prays that God might [...]
Devotional Thoughts from John 16. Republished from marmsky.wordpress.com with permission The difference between sorrow and joy for the disciples would be the resurrection (21-22). That event would give them courage to pray in Christ’s name to the Father and have fullness of joy because of that divine connection (23-24). That event would give them courage [...]
continued from Part 14 General Resurrection (cont.): The Resurrection in the Epistles A very precious passage which has been a comfort and encouragement to mourning Christians over the centuries, as it was meant to be, is 1 Thess.4:13-18. In these verses Paul teaches the young Christians in Thessalonica that those who have died since they believed [...]
Words of Comfort by Geo A Brown pg 77 Bible Standard July 1878 “Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thess. iv. 18. THE last enemy, death, which is to be destroyed at the judgment day is ever busy in his sphere of desolating the happy homes of loving families, and robbing the social [...]
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...]
