Monthly Archives: August 2010

I suspect I’m pushing the limits of the readers’ patience by continuing to discuss conditional immortality without getting back to the age of accountability question, and so I’ll try to answer the objections recently made in the comments very simply. … Continue reading →

Revelation 6 (Rev 6:9-11 ESV) 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.  10 They cried … Continue reading →

Anonymous and Alexander have weighed in with a series of verses to argue against the position I’ve argued for here. I’ve spent more time on the conditional immortality argument than I meant to, but I’m not surprised — and I … Continue reading →

(Rev 3:1-3 ESV) “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but … Continue reading →

Argument 5: The traditional view of “Where Are the Dead” is Flawed About 100 years ago, someone published a tract called “Where Are the Dead?” Several denominations were so impressed that they adopted its arguments as their standard position, and … Continue reading →

Not surprisingly, Alexander has weighed in with another thoughtful, weighty comment regarding Jesus’ story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luk 16:19-31 ESV)  19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted … Continue reading →

Thanks to reader David P. Himes for finding this. It reminds me of a quote in the local paper here from several years ago. The reporter did a story on the city’s Unitarian-Universalist congregation. The pastor waxed eloquently about the … Continue reading →

Keith Brenton has been recruiting guest editors for Wineskins this year due to Greg Taylor’s one-year sabbatical. The year is nearly over, and so they’ve gotten to the bottom of the barrel and asked me to handle one of the … Continue reading →

Immortality Immortality is not an inherent element of human life. Rather, immortality is something God gives to those who are faithful – (1 Tim 6:15-16) which God will bring about in his own time — God, the blessed and only … Continue reading →

Click on this link to download a PowerPoint presentation, which is today’s lesson. The Importance of Being Broken This is the rare post not by me. This one is from my oldest son, Chris, who is part of a church … Continue reading →