Theology
Mary Magdalene: Myth, model and metaphor
Susan Haskins Mary Magdalene is as factually central to the Christian story as she is fictively to the story of The Da Vinci Code. Beyond the myth of her ‘bloodline’ is the real debate that as the first witness to the risen Christ she could have a better claim as founder of the Church than […]
Barclay’s Universalism
I posted: ‘I am a convinced universalist’ (William Barclay – http://jmm.org.au/articles/17444.htm ) #1: You, Rowland, instead of repeating Barclay’s mistake, need to pay more attention to why Origen and Origens’ beliefs were condemned at the Fifth Ecumenical Council. #2: They were condemned because Origen went too far, saying that demons and Satan himself would eventually […]
God’s Spirit
Bishop Kallistos (Orthodox) “We accept there is a reality of sin in the world but there is also the presence of God the Holy Spirit. And the Spirit blows where he wills. We cannot restrict the Spirit simply to the walls of the Church. The Spirit is present throughout the created order, everywhere present and […]
I Am A Convinced Universalist (william Barclay)
I AM A CONVINCED UNIVERSALIST by William Barclay I am a convinced universalist. I believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of God. In the early days Origen was the great name connected with universalism. I would believe with Origen that universalism is no easy thing. Origen believed that […]
Did God Create Hell? (Jacques Ellul)
Did God Create Hell? ——————————————————————————– What follows is a quotation from a book by the late French theologian, Jacques Ellul, What I Believe (Eerdmans, 1989, pp.188-192). ——————————————————————————– I am taking up here a basic theme that I have dealt with elsewhere but which is so essential that I have no hesitation in repeating myself. It […]
The Death of Christ (J I Packer)
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=”Windows-1252″; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 J. I. Packer’s Introductory Essay to John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ The Death of Death in the Death of Christ (Owen Works, X:139:148) is a […]
The Death of Christ (J I Packer)
to which the old evangel summons its hearers. ‘l believe – help thou mine unbelief’: this must become their cry. And the old gospel is proclaimed in the sure confidence that the Christ of whom it testified, the Christ who is the real speaker when the Scriptural invitations to trust him are expounded and applied, […]
The Reign of God
The Reign of God | Theology by Thomas Scarborough The “reign of God” is a theme that is dealt with unusually comprehensively in the book “Missional Church”. The text under review represents one chapter: “Missional Vocation: Called and Sent to Represent the Reign of God”. This was drafted by George R. Hunsberger, with input from […]
Athanasian Creed
1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith; 2. Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. 3. And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; 4. Neither confounding […]
Resurrection Of Jesus Puzzle
by Steve Hinrichs (Revised 2/1/98) ( or http://members.aol.com/SHinrichs9/) 1.. INTRODUCTION 2.. RECONSTRUCTION OF NEW TESTAMENT RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS 3.. ALLEGED CONTRADICTIONS & REBUTTALS 4.. CONCLUSION 5.. REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION When several different witnesses testify of what they observed at the same complex event, seldom do they all report the exact same thing; however, if they are […]
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