From Death to Life Issue 81 December 2019 is available online now. You can read it below or by downloading the full pdf linked: From Death to Life Issue 81 June 2019From Death to Life Archives From Death to Life Issue 80From Death to Life Issue 79From Death to Life Issue 78From Death to life Issue 77 … [Read more...]
Refuting Calvin’s Psychopannychia
Calvin's Psychopannychia: An Introduction John Calvin was a French theologian, a pastor, and someone who had a major influence during the Protestant Reformation. Calvin published his small book Psychopannychia in 1534 when he was only 25 years old. In his work, Calvin claims that the early church father Eusebius is responsible for the following statement "the soul dies … [Read more...]
Why I’ve started reading Spurgeon again
In “Why I’ve started reading Spurgeon again” Jefferson Vann encourages people to read the works of this 19th century Baptist preacher.Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a 19th century English Baptist “prince of preachers” whose writings (mostly collections of his sermons and devotions) are still highly valued by Christians today. I remember taking up reading Spurgeon years ago, … [Read more...]
Hades; Or, The Intermediate State of Man by Henry Constable
PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY:Constable begins his book with this premise “my arguments from scripture must be overthrown from that source.” His challenge and appeal to his readers are that they will take God’s word for what it says. He says that many arguments have been mounted against him but they have been philosophical and not theological. On that note, he quickly … [Read more...]
idols without breath
idols without breathIn “idols without breath” Jefferson Vann examines how the minor prophets of the Old Testament used the word רוּחַ (ruach) – a word that is often translated “spirit.”I have recently shared my translation of the books of Moses, the historical books and the major prophets of the Old Testament with reference to רוּחַ. So far, I have only used three words … [Read more...]