The Bible in Context
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Predestination is one of the most contentious topics in the history of Christianity. In previous posts, I highlighted the 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 … Read more
The kingdom of God is one of the primary themes of the Bible. Jesus talked about it at the start, middle, and end of his earthly ministry. Since I have already given an overview of the kingdom in a previous post, in this post I will highlight three passages that show the heavenly nature of … Read more