Category Archives: Theology

The Afterlife, Lesson 5, Conditionalism: The Fate of the Damned

Lesson 5, introducing Conditionalism and Edward Fudge’s The Fire that Consumes. Download Lesson 5. Right click and select “Save Link As” to download. (If you left click, it will stream.) Or stream:

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The Afterlife, Lesson 4, Theories About Where the Saved Are After They Die

Lesson 4, focusing on where the saved are between their deaths and the return of Jesus. Download from Lesson 4. Right click and select “Save Link As” to download. (If you left click, it will stream.) Or stream:  

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The Afterlife: Lesson 3, focused on Isa 65-66 and 2 Cor 5:17 (June 26, 2016)

I was out last week under the weather, and so this is class 3. We started in Isaiah and went from there to 2 Cor 5:17 and a few other passages. Here’s the downloadable mp3: June 26, 2016 Class 3 … Continue reading

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The Afterlife: Lesson 2, focused on Rom 8 and Rev 21-22 (June 12, 2016)

Class 2 of this summer’s Sunday Bible classes: the coming freedom of the Creation from futility and a look ahead to the end of Revelation. Download: June 12, 2016 Class on Rom 8 and Rev 21-22 Right click and select “Save … Continue reading

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The Afterlife: Lesson 1, focused on 1 Corinthians 15 (June 5, 2016)

Finally, I’m well enough and my church has been kind enough to give me a Sunday morning class to teach. I call it “The Afterlife: Heaven and Hell and Points in Between.” Some students have asked me to record and … Continue reading

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Numbers 31, the Midianites, and Genocide, Part 2

We’re continuing to look at ways to deal with one of the Bible’s most difficult passages, Num 31, where Moses commanded that upon defeat of an enemy, all the people were to be killed, regardless of age, other than virgin … Continue reading

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Numbers 31, the Midianites, and Genocide, Part 1

I’m a fan of Al Maxey’s work. He began posting on the Internet long before me, and he’s done a world of good for a great many readers, myself included. Al recently wrote a post on one of the most … Continue reading

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The Pope, the Salvation of the Jews, and Calvinism, Part 15 (A Theory)

(Rom. 11:25-26 ESV)  25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon [ethnic] Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come … Continue reading

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The Pope, the Salvation of the Jews, and Calvinism, Part 14 (Conclusion; Rom 10:30-36)

Rom 11:30-32 (Rom. 11:30-32 ESV) 30 For just as you [Gentiles] were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,  31 so they [the Jews] too have now been disobedient in order that … Continue reading

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The Pope, the Salvation of the Jews, and Calvinism, Part 13 (all Israel will be saved; Rom 10:26b-29)

Rom 11:26b-29 (Rom. 11:26-27 ESV)  26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;  27 “and this will be my covenant with them … Continue reading

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