Ed Christian, Professor of English at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, shows how words about Hell and eternal punishment are misunderstood. This presentation was given at an Evangelical Theological Society annual conference. The topic for the conference was about the boundaries…
Category: Theology
The Monster God of Calvinism
Christians get into endless debates about free will, predestination, and once-saved-always-saved, get lost in the complexity of it all, and don’t even see the 800 pound gorilla sitting in the room. I feel a need to expose one of the…
The Doctrine of the Trinity is Not Orthodox
Many Protestants accept the idea that it was the Church that opted to be Trinitarian. This is a myth taught in numerous seminaries and pulpits. If that’s you – stop! It wasn’t the church that decided to define itself as…
Revelation Wasn’t Written to Lukewarm Lutherans
Now that people are interested in Revelation due to the new Left Behind movies I’d like to add one bit to the discussion of how we are supposed to interpret this book. Even some atheists will be interested in this…
Jesus Used Fiction to Teach Truth
Any preacher teaching spiritual truths can find within his own popular culture things that the people can relate to. Preachers do this every Sunday when they…use the mythology of [their] day… We never accuse our pastors of being liars for…
The Quran and the Gospel: For Those Who Need It
You may not know it but I do have a few issues with Islam. One is that they have taken what was meant for Arab tribes engaged in blood feuds and virgin sacrifices and have applied it to everyone on…
God Abolished the Law Through Christ
For my Christian friends who insist we must tithe, observe the Sabbath on Saturday, or not eat pork. Sometimes it’s better for me to just shut up and let the scriptures speak for themselves. If you prefer skimming I’ve put…