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Eternal Punishment = Eternal Life?
We’ve been talking about the parable of the Sheep and the Goats, and if you haven’t read the two previous posts, you should read them. The Sheep and the Kids and What to do with the Kids? After talking and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, eschatology
Tagged eternal punishment, everlasting life, hell, jesus, parable, the sheep and the goats
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What to do with the Kids?
Kids are rambunctious, unruly, always looking for, well, trouble. At least, goat kids are. It’s a good thing they’re so cute. In my last post, I talked about the parable of the sheep and the goats and suggested an alternative … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, eschatology
Tagged eternal fire, everlasting punishment, hell, jesus, parable, sheep and the goats
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The Sheep and the Kids
The age-old story of the Sheep and the Goats has been used to frighten countless generations. Did Jesus mean it to be used for that purpose? Or have we got it all wrong? Here it is in Young’s Literal Translation … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, evangelism
Tagged eternal fire, hell, jesus, parable, separate the sheep from the goats, the sheep and the goats
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A Series on Hell
A series on hell . . . Fun stuff, huh? My friend Rachel DiPaulo, over at her blog, Stirring the Deep, just posted a series of four videos on the subject of hell. They’re each fairly short, so you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged brotherhood of man, christianity, fatherhood of god, heaven, hell, love, rob bell, universal reconciliation
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Raising Lazarus (part 2)
Jesus never named any of the characters in His parables, save one. That one is Lazarus, a star player in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. Why does Lazarus rate? How come he’s so special? It seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, eschatology, evangelism
Tagged hell, jesus, lazarus and the rich man, parable, pharisees, rob bell
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Does an Eternity Have to be Forever?
In my last post I talked about the Greek words aion and aionios. Aionios is often (but not always) translated eternal or everlasting. It cannot be the case that aionios means eternal in the modern sense — or at least … Continue reading
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Tagged eternity, heaven, hell, jesus, rob bell, universal reconciliation
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A Personal Odyssey: Part 3
Are Jehovah’s Witnesses right about at least one thing? They believe the wicked are ultimately destroyed (annihilated) rather than tortured in perpetuity in hell. Compared with eternal torment, annihilation sounds a lot more merciful, and I also held that opinion … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, eschatology, organic church
Tagged christian universalism, heaven, hell, rob bell, universal reconciliation, UR
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A Personal Odyssey
All my life I’ve had a problem with hell. I think a lot of us do. I’ve wiggled around, trying to somehow define it to be less horrible than it sounds like it will be. It’s not literal flames; what … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, ecclesia, eschatology
Tagged coming out of the closet, evangelical universalism, hell, rob bell
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Hell: Eternal Torment or Eternal Destruction?
For an update on this post, please see “A Personal Odyssey,” which I wrote a year and a half later. Is this a vision of the eternal torment awaiting unrepentant sinners? Umm, nope. Sorry. Just some clay monsters created by … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, evangelism
Tagged devil, eternal torment, heaven, hell, jesus, judgment, torture
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