Question: Your answer presupposes that hell is theologically claimed to last forever only because of one mistranslated word, but that is not the case. Hell is also described by Jesus as other words that point us towards forever, such as “unquenchable” (Mark 9:33-34) or “without ceasing” (see Rev 14:
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We don't know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It slid into the New Testament canon because it got categorized as a letter of Paul (though there were plenty of doubters of that as well). But the use of Greek, style, and literary composition is quite different.
There's No Such Thing As Eternal Hell Folks who support the idea that hell will be "eternal conscious torment" will use passages like Matthew 25:46 (NIV)— "[The unrighteous] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." You can go
Thoughts on Ezekiel 1 The prophet and would-be-priest Ezekiel is sitting with his fellow exiles in Babylon. He's thirty years old, the age when priests take up their duties. He was 14 years old when King Josiah was killed in battle, and the temple revival ended. Now he
If you grew up in church, you've probably heard about the unpardonable sin—that terrifying idea that you could blaspheme the Holy Spirit and become forever beyond God's forgiveness. It's a spiritual trapdoor with no escape hatch. That's not actually what Jesus
One of the biggest deceptions that non-affirming churches have gotten away with is this notion that the church has always been non-affirming. They'll say things like, "We believe in the historical or traditional view of marriage—one man, one woman." However, non-affirming churches and denominations keep
Someone on my Facebook was sealioning me about the trustworthiness of Scripture. While I usually don't find such back-and-forth all that helpful, it ended up being a useful exercise in explaining some of the ways I understand how the Bible works. Do you claim to believe Christ and
Did anyone else grow up with the poisoned watermelon patch metaphor for the Bible? Imagine a watermelon patch with 66 pumpkins. One night, an enemy comes in and injects one of the watermelons with deadly poison. He posts a sign that says, "One of the watermelons, but I won&