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Hell and all that damnable stuff

So on light of all the Rob Bell controversy, it resparked my desire to look into the traditional doctrine of hell. My thoughts on it all began long ago before I went to study theology about 5 or so years ago now. A good close friend of mine was struggling in her faith over the traditional hell concept and found it hard to rectify or justify in her mind. It was the usual question of "how can a loving God burn people forever?" infinite punishment for finite crimes. I had thought about it before then but never in any great depth as I just didn't know where to begin, being a fairly new Christian at the time. I did my best to try w...

Exodus 17: Strategies for Battles

Exodus 17: Strategies for Battles: Although Satan’s plan is to sift you like wheat, Jesus has prayed that your faith will remain. Satan wants us to attribute his working against us to God working in us. He wants us to believe a lie about God and the situation we are in. All t…...

The Coming of Jesus: Revelation Fulfilled? Don’t let the title...

The Coming of Jesus: Revelation Fulfilled? Don’t let the title put you off, we’re about to go on a mad journey through the annuls of history and the Roman Empire, contrasting what John saw in his vision with what has already played out on the “world’s stage” and what we possibly have to look forward to!Continue Reading at That Ancient faith →...

God before ages becomes an infant!I saw a beautifully sung a...

God before ages becomes an infant!I saw a beautifully sung a capella song the other day of Facebook. It was about the Nativity, the incarnation of Christ. One of the lines in the song really struck me, the profound nature of what God did summed up in a single sentence: Glorify, with the angels and the shepherds, Him who by His own will has become a newborn child, yet is our God before all ages. Let that sink in for a moment before reading this excerpt from one of John Chrysostom’s sermons on…Continue Reading at That Ancient faith →...

The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 2 Contents The...

The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 2 Contents The Coming of Jesus: Introduction The Coming of Jesus: Daniel’s 70 Weeks The Coming of Jesus: Coming on the clouds The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1 The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 2 *This is Part Two of the Olivet Discourse section in the “Coming of Jesus” series. Welcome to Part Two of the Olivet Discourse! It’s been a while, so we’ll pick up right where we left off wit…Continue Reading at That Ancient faith →...

The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1 Contents The...

The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1 Contents The Coming of Jesus: Introduction The Coming of Jesus: Daniel’s 70 Weeks The Coming of Jesus: Coming on the clouds The Coming of Jesus: The Olivet Discourse – Part 1 *This is Part 3 of a series on the Coming of Jesus. Hello again, it’s been a while since I’ve wrote anything, and longer since getting back to this series on the Second Coming of Jesus. This isn’t for lack of motivation, but rather because this is such a huge topic tha…Continue Reading at That Ancient faith →...