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Apprehending Apokatastasis: Predestinating to Perdition

Posted on 13 February 2020 by

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 →

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Apprehending Apokatastasis: What the Bible Says … and Doesn’t

Posted on 5 February 2020 by

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 →

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Tom Talbott Reviews ‘That All Shall Be Saved’ (Part IV)

Posted on 6 September 2019 by

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 →

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Thomas Talbott: The Inescapable Love of God (part 5)

Posted on 22 February 2015 by

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 →

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Thomas Talbott: The Inescapable Love of God (part 3)

Posted on 18 February 2015 by

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 →

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Should Christians Celebrate the Birth of Paul, Not Jesus?

Posted on 26 December 2014 by

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 →

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Transcending Moralism and the Freedom of the Spirit

Posted on 22 December 2014 by

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 →

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Debating the Rights and Wrongs of N. T. Wright

Posted on 15 November 2014 by

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 →

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