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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: The Rich Man and Lazarus; Where Are the Dead? Part 2

Argument 5: The traditional view of “Where Are the Dead” is Flawed About 100 years ago, someone published a tract called “Where Are the Dead?” Several denominations were so impressed that they adopted its arguments as their standard position, and … Continue reading

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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: The Rich Man and Lazarus; Where Are the Dead? Part 1

Not surprisingly, Alexander has weighed in with another thoughtful, weighty comment regarding Jesus’ story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luk 16:19-31 ESV)  19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted … Continue reading

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Atheists Don’t Have No Songs

Thanks to reader David P. Himes for finding this. It reminds me of a quote in the local paper here from several years ago. The reporter did a story on the city’s Unitarian-Universalist congregation. The pastor waxed eloquently about the … Continue reading

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Editing Wineskins

Keith Brenton has been recruiting guest editors for Wineskins this year due to Greg Taylor’s one-year sabbatical. The year is nearly over, and so they’ve gotten to the bottom of the barrel and asked me to handle one of the … Continue reading

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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: Old Testament Thoughts; Degrees of Punishment

Immortality Immortality is not an inherent element of human life. Rather, immortality is something God gives to those who are faithful – (1 Tim 6:15-16) which God will bring about in his own time — God, the blessed and only … Continue reading

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On the Importance of Being Broken

Click on this link to download a PowerPoint presentation, which is today’s lesson. The Importance of Being Broken This is the rare post not by me. This one is from my oldest son, Chris, who is part of a church … Continue reading

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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: Heaven on Earth; the Destruction of the Damned

Lesson 4: At the end of time, heaven comes to earth The usual teaching is that God will destroy the earth and we’ll all leave to live with God in heaven forever. That’s not really what the Bible says. (Rev 21:1-4 ESV) … Continue reading

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Responding when you disagree with the teacher

I get emails — Reading your blog has been very enlightening for me. I grew up in a small Church of Christ  Now I’ve moved back to the area and my wife and I are attending there again. It is … Continue reading

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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: Responding to Objections

Alexander has posted several objections to my understanding of conditional immortality. As always, Alexander’s concerns are thought provoking and weighty. I’ll work through them one at a time. Are the lost resurreccted bodily as well? I see no reason why … Continue reading

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The Age of Accountability: Conditional Immortality: The Resurrection

In considering the age of accountability, we have to include in our thinking the doctrine of “conditional immortality.” This is the plain teaching of scripture that the saved will be given immortality and the damned will not. Rather, they will … Continue reading

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