I was asked again this week: what will our life look like after death? I had just explained (again) to a group of young people that the plan of God is not to take them to heaven, at least as they likely understood the phrase. Rather, it is to bring heaven to earth. To re-createContinue reading “Adding a dimension”
Category Archives: Heaven and Hell
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (5) — The limited conditions of choice
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis 5: The limited conditions of choice David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, sets forth a powerful, passionate argument against the traditional Christian doctrine of eternal conscious punishment — that sinners wind up forever in hell — and for the beliefContinue reading “David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (5) — The limited conditions of choice”
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apotakastasis (4) — The ultimate reconciliation of Esau
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apotakastasis 4: The ultimate reconciliation of Esau David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, sets forth a powerful, passionate argument against the traditional Christian doctrine of eternal conscious punishment — that sinners wind up forever in hell — and for the beliefContinue reading “David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apotakastasis (4) — The ultimate reconciliation of Esau”
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (3) — What do the scriptures say?
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis 3: What do the scriptures say? David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, sets forth a powerful, passionate argument against the traditional Christian doctrine of eternal conscious punishment — that sinners wind up forever in hell — and for the beliefContinue reading “David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (3) — What do the scriptures say?”
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (2) — In the end of all things is their beginning
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis 2: In the end of all things is their beginning David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, sets forth a powerful, passionate argument against the traditional Christian doctrine of eternal conscious punishment — that sinners wind up forever in hell —Continue reading “David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (2) — In the end of all things is their beginning”
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (1) — Introduction
David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis 1: Introduction David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation, sets forth a powerful, passionate argument against the traditional Christian doctrine of eternal conscious punishment — that sinners wind up forever in hell — and for the belief that all shall beContinue reading “David Bentley Hart: 4 Meditations on Apokatastasis (1) — Introduction”
Rob Grayson reviews “That All Shall Be Saved”
I’ve begun to wade into David Bentley Hart’s strident but powerfully argued book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. But I’m not ready to write my response yet. I have been reading other reviews, however, and thought I would share one of them today. Rob Grayson has written for us before,Continue reading “Rob Grayson reviews “That All Shall Be Saved””
Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!)
Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!) At his fine blog, Glory to God for All Things, Fr. Freeman makes some important remarks to those of us who are of Protestant or Catholic faith on matters related to the afterlife. The topics of heaven, hell, purgatory, hades, life-after-death, the judgment, etc.,Continue reading “Fr. Stephen Freeman: On Praying for Everyone (in heaven and hell!)”
A Confusion of Place and Time
The essential mistake in most Christian eschatology, as it is presented and understood, especially in popular, grassroots Christianity, involves a confusion of place and time. To most Christians, the most vital issue is what happens to us after we die. And the most crucial question about the afterlife is where will we go? Common answersContinue reading “A Confusion of Place and Time”
Another Look: Our Terrestrial Hope
This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father’s world: the battle is not done: Jesus Who died shall be satisfied, And earth and Heav’n be one. • Maltbie D. Babcock The world into which we shallContinue reading “Another Look: Our Terrestrial Hope”
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