Book Review of: The Mortal Nature of Man and Immortality: A Biblical Study of Soul versus Spirit by George L. Herb About the Author: This short volume is a highly useful and fluently written review of the whole topic of soul, body, spirit, immortality & resurrection from a conservatively biblical angle. I have no idea who Mr Herb is, as unfortunately he offers no … [Read more...]
Book Review
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Death and the Afterlife
Book Review of: Death and the Afterlife by Robert A Morey About the Author Robert A. Morey is a Christian apologist and pastor who has written several books and pamphlets. In his writings he has criticized Islam, Wicca, and non-Evangelical Christian beliefs. Morey is also the founder of the unaccredited California Biblical University and Seminary. Part I- … [Read more...]
Shades of Sheol
Book Review of: “Shades of Sheol” by Philip S. Johnston About the Author Philip S. Johnston is a senior tutor at Hughes Hall, Cambridge having previously taught at Belfast, St. Andrews and Oxford. Introduction In this book, Johnston takes a deep and detailed dive into the topic and language of death found in the Old Testament scriptures. Johnston begins the book by … [Read more...]
Immortality of the Soul
Book Review of: Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Dead?: The Witness of the New TestamentImmortality of the Soul About the Author: Oscar Cullmann was born in 1902 and passed away in 1999. He was a professor of New Testament at Basel Reformed Seminary and taught theology in Paris at the Sorbonne. Cullmann was well known for his work in the ecumenical movement and … [Read more...]
No ‘slam dunk’ for Eternal Conscious Torment – at best, a series of ‘near misses’
BOOK REVIEW: Terror of the Lord: Critiquing Conditional Immortality, Answering Annihilationism’s Apologists by Deidre Richardson (Amazon, 2019) David Jakubovic (B.A. Hons) May 2020 Background To The Book We ought to commend Deidre Richardson for devoting so much effort into studying Conditional Immortality {hereafter CI}, as is evident from her lengthy new book (447 … [Read more...]
a future life
In "a future life" Jefferson Vann shares more thoughts about the Christian hope based on a reading of John Eldredge's All things New. a future life "For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done" (Matthew 16:27 NET). This week I finished reading John Eldredge's All Things New. I … [Read more...]
the third option
In "the third option" Jefferson Vann shares thoughts about the Christian hope based on a reading of John Eldredge's All things New. the third option "Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. … [Read more...]
The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality
Book Review of The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality: The Read-Tuckwell Lectures for 1990 by James Barr Introduction: James Barr is a professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School. This book is an expanded version of a lecture series that was given at Bristol University in May 1990. The purpose of these lectures were to facilitate the rethinking of the … [Read more...]
reading Tucker on Hell
In "reading Tucker on Hell" Jefferson Vann reacts to Bobby Tucker's paper entitled "Which Hell and Why" in which Tucker defends the traditionalist doctrine of a hell of eternal conscious torment. reading Tucker on Hell Today's paper, passed on to me by my good friends at academia.edu, is by Bobby Tucker. Tucker's paper is entitled "Which Hell and Why" in which he defends the … [Read more...]
The Immortality of the Soul: A Protest Joseph Agar Beet
Book Review: The Immortality of the Soul: A Protest by Joseph Agar Beet Introduction: This short book is a little over 100 pages long and provides several great insights into the Biblical understanding of humanity and the arguments both for and against the teaching of the immortality of the soul. The book was originally published in the year 1901. In the preface, the author … [Read more...]