We believe that when Scripture speaks, God speaks. Scripture is not a lesser revelation than if God were to show up tonight and speak directly to you or me. The words of Scripture are the very words of God. Scripture comes from the mouth of God. Listen Now
Is Hell Eternal? | Part 2
I think we can admit that there’s a certain appeal to the Conditional Immortality understanding of hell. Hell is uncomfortable to talk about and horrifying to think about. Conditional Immortality creatively weaves Scriptures together to soften the severity of hell without erasing it entirely. There’s a good deal of emotional appeal to the idea that God will eventually release sinners from suffering. It portrays a kinder God and eases the terrors of hell. But is it what the Bible teaches? Read More
Podcast: Liberal Conservatives [Touchpoints]
Liberals look just like the rest of us. Listen Now
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Anabaptists, Consequences, Response [Touchpoints]
We must be stalwart in our defense of the biblical view of hell. Not necessarily because we like it, nor because it is the most attractive, but simply because it’s what God has said in His word. Listen Now
Is Hell Eternal? | Part 1
You’ve likely been taught that we all will live eternally in one of two places. There are two choices we can make, and two destinies available to us: Eternity with God in heaven, or eternity in hell under God’s judgment. But not everyone agrees. Recent scholarship has resurfaced an alternate view of hell. Read More
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Getting Greek [Touchpoints]
We need to deal with some of the key words used in Scripture to describe hell. If we believe that God inspired the very words of Scripture, we must be concerned with the specific meanings of those words. Three Greek words most stubbornly resist Conditional Immortality, and thus must be redefined by Conditional Immortality proponents to make room for their viewpoint. Listen Now
Conditional Immortality
I’m hearing rumblings of an alternate definition of hell, one that’s contrary to the historic Mennonite position, and indeed, to the position of nearly all biblically-minded believers since the beginning of the church in the first century. This view is more palatable to our human nature, but it departs from Scripture. Read More
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Psalm 37 [Touchpoints]
Psalm 37:10 reads, “Yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, but it shall be no more.” Conditional Immortality scholars interpret this as conclusively teaching that the wicked will be annihilated in the judgment. But is that what it means? Listen Now
The Power to Change
While man’s ideas to renew fallen men have succeeded to a certain extent, real change only occurs through the power of Christ. Biblical counseling, applied correctly, is the only way to transform and equip people to live victorious, God-honoring lives.
The Necessity of Divine Revelation | Part 3
The Bible is necessary for us to understand God’s will. By God’s will, I mean “that which God desires to do and to have done on the earth.” This includes both what God Himself intends to do and is even now doing, and what He wills for mankind to do. Read More