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Monthly Archives: August 2008
I Sold My Soul on eBay: What Churches Do Right, Part 1
I’m not going to go over Mehta’s impressions of the individual churches. It’s great material, but it’s best to just buy and read the book. Rather, I’m skipping way over toward the end where he summarizes his impressions. He begins … Continue reading
Real Men Don’t Do Pornography
Great post by Mike Adams on what it means to truly be a man. The thesis of my rebuttal is really simple: It is not entirely fair and accurate to say that most adult women are carrying a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, Mike Adams, pornography, post-marital sex, premarital sex, strip clubs, striptease, Uncategorized
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I Sold My Soul on eBay: Introduction
Preachers, elders, church leaders, and evangelists, If you’ve not bought and read this book, you should. As the title suggests, it’s intelligent, witty, and unconventional. And it’s a useful guide on how to be more attractive to the unchurched. The … Continue reading
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Tagged evangelism, Hemant Mehta, I Sold My Soul on eBay, Jainism, Uncategorized, unchurched
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Surprised by Hell: Evangelism
I think the disproportionality of the traditional teaching of hell unconsciously hurts our evangelistic efforts. To teach Jesus, we feel the need to teach the need to be saved. From what? Well, from hell. But an everlasting hell of conscious … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilationism, conditionalism, Ed Fudge, eschatology, evangelism, The Fire that Consumes, Uncategorized
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Surprised by Hell: Thinking About Justice
The Mosaic idea of civil justice, that is, justice as administered by the government, was that the punishment should fit the crime – (Lev 24:19-21) If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilationism, conditionalism, Ed Fudge, eschatology, The Fire that Consumes, Uncategorized
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Surprised by Hell: Evaluating the Evidence (extended)
It helps, I think, to take a step back and try to absorb the evidence in the context of the scriptures and Christianity. We have two views: * The traditional view, at least as old as Tertullian (writing from 197 … Continue reading
Surprised by Hell: Plato and the New Testament
Fudge points out that the question of immortality was a favorite of Greek philosophers. The seminal work on the subject was Plato’s Phaedo, a dialogue on the question that was well-known among First Century Hellenistic people. The debate Plato writes … Continue reading
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Tagged Cebes, Edward W. Fudge, eschatology, Eschaton, eternal punishment, gehenna, hell, Phaedo, Plato, Socrates, The Fire that Consumes, Uncategorized
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Surprised by Hell: Substitionary Atonement
[I'm filling in some gaps in my own research by reading through Fudge's The Fire that Consumes. I'm posting multiple posts today, as I want to get finished and move to the next topic.] One of the fundamental doctrines of … Continue reading
Best Church Web Sites
Church Relevance has prepared a list of their 90 favorite church websites. You can find samples here. The complete list is here. If you are looking for a little inspiration, this is a great place to start. [And, yes, I … Continue reading
