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Tag Archives: apostle paul
Apprehending Apokatastasis: Predestinating to Perdition
No theological topic provokes more angst, consternation, and passionate debate than the Latin doctrine of absolute predestination (yes, even more so than apokatastasis). No matter how carefully formulated and gently proclaimed, what we hear is this: from the mass of … Continue reading
Apprehending Apokatastasis: What the Bible Says … and Doesn’t
But that’s not what the Bible says!—a not uncommon cry uttered by many who first encounter the greater hope. If we Christians know anything, we know that the Bible teaches everlasting damnation, and we have the verses to prove it. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, David B. Hart, Eschatology
Tagged aionios, apostle paul, damnation, David Hart, Douglas Campbell, general resurrection, hell, universalism
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Tom Talbott Reviews ‘That All Shall Be Saved’ (Part IV)
by Thomas Talbott, Ph.D. Predestination unto Glory Christians have traditionally held that, because they are saved by grace, they can take no credit for their own salvation, all of the credit for which goes to God. As Paul himself put … Continue reading
Thomas Talbott: The Inescapable Love of God (part 5)
2 Thessalonians 1:9 This is the verse most frequently invoked to disprove the thesis that the Apostle Paul believed that God will ultimately restore all human beings to himself in love and faith. Before preceding any further, I’d like to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Book Reviews, Eschatology
Tagged apostle paul, damnation, eternal destruction, eternal punishment, hell, Inescapable Love of God, Thomas Talbott
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Thomas Talbott: The Inescapable Love of God (part 3)
The universalist confessor faces what appears to be an insurmountable challenge—reconciling his convictions with the plain and obvious testimony of the Holy Scriptures. Traditional Christians have long believed in the real possibility of everlasting damnation because this is, so they … Continue reading
Should Christians Celebrate the Birth of Paul, Not Jesus?
Over at his blog, scholar James Tabor directs us to a short article he wrote two years ago: “Should Christians Celebrate the Birth of Paul, Not Jesus?” I find it a curious article. It posits a radical discontinuity between the … Continue reading
Posted in Apostle Paul, Bible
Tagged apostle paul, faith of the Church, gospel, Jesus Christ, kerygma, religion of Jesus, resurrection, the resurrection of Jesus
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Transcending Moralism and the Freedom of the Spirit
This has been an interesting past couple of days. My post “Grace, Moralism and Unmoral Christianity” generated more “views” than any of my postings for the past few months, no doubt due in large measure to Fr Stephen Freeman’s recommendation … Continue reading
Posted in Apostle Paul, Grace, Justification & Theosis
Tagged apostle paul, asceticism, freedom, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, regeneration, repentance
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Debating the Rights and Wrongs of N. T. Wright
This is a fascinating panel discussion on Pauline theology, focused on the scholarship and interpretive work of the great N. T. Wright. As the discussion makes evident, Wright’s grasp of the Old and New Testaments and the extant writings of Second … Continue reading
