Category Archives: salvation

A New Rule

A little over two years ago I issued my Everlasting Hell Challenge, which asked Protestant Christians who base their theology on the Bible alone to demonstrate convincingly that the traditionalist evangelical view on hell and damnation is a much clearer teaching in Scripture than the idea that hell is not a place ...

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The Evangelical Abortion Inconsistency

If you've read many of my posts, you know by now that one of the most consistent traits of traditionalist Christians is that they're not very consistent in their theological thinking. This is possibly no more obvious than in their views on the subject of abortion. Most evangelicals I know of, for instance, ...

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Dialogue With an Evangelical – Part 1: Hell

The following is a dialogue between myself and "Bob," an Evangelical Christian, about the subject of hell:Bob: Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions.Me: Sure, why not? What's up?Bob: If you were to die today, do you know for sure where you'd end ...

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TULIP

Believe it or not, I find that there is quite a bit in Calvinism to agree with, particularly their take on free will. There are a couple points where we disagree though, what with me being a Christian Universalist and all, so I thought I'd give my Universalist take on

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Let’s See What You’ve Got

In my experience, really thinking over the implications and ramifications of their own doctrines doesn't seem to be something most Christians do. Likewise, theological consistency doesn't appear to be a virtue among most Christians either. These observations are probably made the clearest when it comes to the topic of hell. The ...

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Defending Everlasting Torment

The fact that nobody has succeeded in completing my Everlasting Hell Challenge doesn't necessarily prove that it can't be done, but I'm not holding my breath that someone will be able to. In the meantime, however, we may as well take a look at the passages in Scripture that are used ...

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Salvations?

Lector: In the last post here it was pointed out that if there is anything at all that we have to do to "get right with God," even if it is simply "trusting Jesus," then salvation would be by work and not grace as it would be a transaction between us and ...

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