Showing posts with label 2 peter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2 peter. Show all posts
Friday, January 23, 2026

Eternity in Hell and the Criteria for Destruction, Contra Annihilationism

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Historical Christianity has defined the destiny of the unrepentant wicked as eternity in Hell. Eternal conscious torment, or ECT for short. ...
Thursday, January 2, 2025

"Progressive Christians" and Reinterpreting Scripture on Sodom and Homosexuality

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" Progressive Christians " hate what the Bible says about homosexuality, so they rewrite it. For example, we have the story of Sod...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Does the Bible Allow for a Doctrine of Reincarnation?

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In Hebrews 9:27, we get this simple declaration from God: " It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment ." ...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Peter and Paul Against Annihilationism: What of Judgment?

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One thing that I have noticed when dealing with people from pseudo-Christian sects is that, when confronted with Scripture that flatly refu...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

The Dual Judgment as a Refutation of Annihilationism

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In interactions with annihilationists, I always insist that the Christian at death is immediately ushered into the presence of Jesus in Heav...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

The Daughter of Jairus versus Soul Sleep

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In Luke 8:40-42, 49-56, the Evangelist tells us the story of Jesus's healing of the daughter of Jairus, the leader of a synagogue. We ...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Immortality of the Human Spirit

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Both Seventh-Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses have a doctrine called " conditional immortality ." This is not the same...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

"Soul Sleep": Biblical History Says Otherwise

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The Seventh-Day Adventists (and some other smaller groups) teach a doctrine of "soul sleep," i. e., the believe that the spirit...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

What Is The "World" of John 3:16?

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Almost any American can recite John 3:16: " For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Is a Literal Hermeneutic Appropriate to Biblical Prophecy?

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There is an interesting verse in Hosea, that is, written by a prophet, which gives direction on how prophecy is to be interpreted: ...
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Friday, September 30, 2016

Sola Scriptura: Did God Give Us Secret Instructions through the Pope?

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One of the claims of the Roman Catholic Church is the the Bible is not sufficient for the conversion and sanctification of the Christian. Ra...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Jesus versus "Soul Sleep"

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The Seventh-Day Adventists hold to a doctrine referred to as " soul sleep ." Their belief is that the intermediate state, i. e., t...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Contra Annihilationism: "Destruction" is not the Same Thing as "Extinction"

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As exemplified by the late John Stott , the philosophy of annihilationism has been spreading, even among professed evangelicals. Annihilati...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

I Peter 5:2, More Testimony from Scripture Against Bishops in the Church

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The first three verses of the fifth chapter of I Peter have some serious implications for church government. " So I exhort the elde...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Testimony of the Bible to Its Own Infallibility

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" Question 157: How is the Word of God to be read? Answer: The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of the...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ezekiel 3, the Commission of the Prophet of God

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Verses 1-4: "And He said to me, 'Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel....