I recently revised my book on hell and I’ve decided to post the updated chapters on this site. This is much more than a tour through the underworld. The Christian doctrine of hell drives us to take a closer look at Scripture, church history, and the character of God. If you downloaded a previous Kindle
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As a teenager, I was a bit of a Christian extremist. Not the violent type, just a young person who was super-serious about the Christian faith. From the time I was fourteen, I read the Bible and prayed for at least an hour each day—sometimes much more, started small group Bible studies, and attended a
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Predestination is one of the most contentious topics in the history of Christianity. In previous posts, I highlighted New Testament statements on predestination and the major views throughout church history. This post will focus on the specific doctrine of double predestination: God predestines certain individuals for heaven and others for hell. Hence predestination is double.Â
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My book Seeing the Invisible God contains 52 reflections on the biblical references to God’s anatomy—e.g., the face of God, the eyes of God, the ears of the Lord, etc. Tracing these references through Scripture offers a unique perspective of the whole Bible. The biblical authors even mention God’s bosom, but many translations do not
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What is God like? In Psalm 5 David gives a direct statement about God’s character: For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. 5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence. You hate all who do wrong; 6 you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord,