Theology
On What Does The Orthodox Church Base Its Beliefs?
ON WHAT DOES THE ORTHODOX CHURCH BASE ITS BELIEFS? The teachings of the Orthodox Church are based on what God has revealed to humanity. Through the prophets, and then, finally and fully in his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, God has made Himself and His will known to us. This divine teaching has been preserved for […]
Tongues
“Sixty subjects listened to a 60-s sample of glossolalia (defined to them a pseudolanguage) and then attempted to produce glossolalia on a 30-s baseline trial. Afterward, half the subjects received two training sessions that included audio and videotaped samples of glossolalia interspersed with opportunities to practice glossolalia. Also live modelling of glossolalia, direct instruction, and […]
Hell
> Undying Worm, Unquenchable Fire > What is hell-eternal torment or annihilation? A look > at the Evangelical Alliance’s The Nature of Hell. > > By Robert A. Peterson | posted 10/13/00 > It was six pages near the end of the book that > exploded like a bombshell within evangelicalism. The > book was […]
Hell And Immortality
Summaries of Six Books on Hell and Immortality Compiled by Doug Peitz, Baraboo and La Crosse, WI Worldwide Church of God Pastor Four Views on Hell, edited by William Crockett, Zondervan Publishing House, 1992 This book has four men defend four different views of hell: the literal, the metaphorical, purgatorial and conditional immortality (annihilationism). Conditional […]
The Other Side Of The Good News
The Other Side of the Good News: A Critical Review By Richard J. Vincent Larry Dixon’s The Other Side of the Good News is a clear and compelling defense of the traditional view of hell. Dixon begins by analyzing and critiquing three contemporary challenges to the traditional view–universalism, post-mortem conversion, and annihilationism. Following this, Dixon […]
Quotes From Luther
First some (unsourced) quotes from Luther, then some comments – culled from a newsgroup… BTW, I (with most others) regard Usenet newsgroups as ‘public domain’ – they’re all archived in DejaNews / Google anyway. However, if anyone doesn’t want their material reproduced in this medium I swill respect that. Rowland Croucher… Note the comments below […]
Four Marks Of A Cult
Watchman Fellowship gives these as four trademarks of a cult– 1. They add to Scripture. 2. They subtract from the person of Christ. 3. They multiply the requirements of salvation. 4. They divide the loyalty of believers. The four sermons will be dealing with the opposite on each of these four areas–In other words, 1. […]
Relevance Of The Church (Tim Costello)
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/14/1021002447135.html If the church rediscovers its Saviour, the rest will take care of itself May 15 2002 A common nostalgic view aired in many church circles is the loss of influence by the church in the public domain. Older Christians can remember the times when churches, particularly city-centre ones, were renowned as ”preaching centres”. My […]
Liberty – Hans Kung
(from ‘On being a Christian’, Collins, London, 1977, p 482) Liberty is both a gift and a task for the Church. In great things and in small, the Church can and should be a community of free people. If it wants to serve the cause of Jesus Christ, it can never be an institution for […]
Jesus And The Scholars
Modern scholars of the Bible have little doubt that Jesus, or Yeshua, was a rabbi who was crucified by the Romans for sedition. But translators and editors have long obscured his Jewish identity, say Mr. Barnstone and others. Even in the earliest Greek texts that remain, when Jesus is called “rabbi” the word is sometimes […]
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