John 3 Study
Today, I would like to explore John 3. This chapter is known for a few things, but one thing you may not have considered is how John touches upon the subject of the Holy Spirit.
Category: Immortal Soul
Theological Arguments Against Eternal Punishment
[Originally published on Helium and on blog, February and March 2009 respectively] What happens when you die? Death and justice are perhaps the two largest reasons for the existence of religion. Just about all religions teach a system of rewards and punishments that occurs after you die.
Is Hell a Real Place? A Metaphor? A Myth?
[Originally published on Helium] Do you realize how much of Christianity’s teachings are not even found in the Bible? Do you realize how much most churches have been influenced by misquotes, mistranslations and even intentionally taking verses completely out of context? Take the doctrine of Hell, for example. Is it…
Definitions of Hell
A picture of “hell” with grass, trees, people, but no fire Photo by Deror avi, used under CCA-SA I have updated the article “What Happens When You Die? 2: Is Hell the Punishment for Sinners?” to bring it more in line with the current publishing standards. Jesus talked quite a…
Does Justice Triumph Over Love?
The stretches that people will make never cease to amaze me. In “The righteousness of the wrath of God”, Arthur Sido writes about a conference he went to where RC Sproul was the lecturer. The arguments, of course, are nothing new, but that doesn’t make them any less disturbing. Basically,…
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Can a Soul Be Destroyed?
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ~ Mt 10:28 The argument says that this verse proves the immortality of the soul. It’s an odd argument,…
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Do Souls “Depart” Upon Death?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ~ Jas 2:26 The Argument People have an immortal soul. Death is separation from the body. The soul departs from the body and returns to God upon death. That is when the judgment occurs….
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Was Jesus Really Dead?
There was a Barna survey that revealed that 30% of “born again” Christians did not believe that Christ returned to life after He was crucified (Wayne Jackson, Christian Courier, May 9, 2003, Resurrection: Literal, or Merely Symbolic?). IOW, they did not believe in a bodily resurrection. Jackson states earlier in…
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Theological Arguments Against Eternal Punishment
[Originally published on Helium and on blog, February and March 2009 respectively] What happens when you die? Death and justice are perhaps the two largest reasons for the existence of religion. Just about all religions teach a system of rewards and punishments that occurs after you die.
Is Hell a Real Place? A Metaphor? A Myth?
[Originally published on Helium] Do you realize how much of Christianity’s teachings are not even found in the Bible? Do you realize how much most churches have been influenced by misquotes, mistranslations and even intentionally taking verses completely out of context? Take the doctrine of Hell, for example. Is it…
Definitions of Hell
A picture of “hell” with grass, trees, people, but no fire Photo by Deror avi, used under CCA-SA I have updated the article “What Happens When You Die? 2: Is Hell the Punishment for Sinners?” to bring it more in line with the current publishing standards. Jesus talked quite a…
Does Justice Triumph Over Love?
The stretches that people will make never cease to amaze me. In “The righteousness of the wrath of God”, Arthur Sido writes about a conference he went to where RC Sproul was the lecturer. The arguments, of course, are nothing new, but that doesn’t make them any less disturbing. Basically,…
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Can a Soul Be Destroyed?
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ~ Mt 10:28 The argument says that this verse proves the immortality of the soul. It’s an odd argument,…
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Do Souls “Depart” Upon Death?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ~ Jas 2:26 The Argument People have an immortal soul. Death is separation from the body. The soul departs from the body and returns to God upon death. That is when the judgment occurs….
The Myth of the Immortal Soul: Was Jesus Really Dead?
There was a Barna survey that revealed that 30% of “born again” Christians did not believe that Christ returned to life after He was crucified (Wayne Jackson, Christian Courier, May 9, 2003, Resurrection: Literal, or Merely Symbolic?). IOW, they did not believe in a bodily resurrection. Jackson states earlier in…