Conditional Immortality agrees with the majority of what I’ve laid out so far. Those who hold to conditional immortality maintain that all these things are true: hell is real, it is the destiny of sinners, and it is terrible. The point of departure is not the reality of hell. Rather, it is the eternality of hell, or more specifically, the eternality of the human soul. Listen Now
Experience vs. Theology
Prioritizing spiritual experience over biblical theology is a short-circuited approach to God. It assumes that we can overcome our lack of knowledge if we have sufficient zeal. It makes us think that as long as we’re well-intentioned, as long as we’re putting our whole hearts into pursuing Him, it doesn’t really matter what we’re doing. Zeal is more important than knowledge.
Podcast: Is Hell Eternal? Introduction [Touchpoints]
Hell is not as common in our conversation as it was 500 years ago, 300 years ago, or even 60 years ago. Because we don’t talk about it, many of us don’t understand it as we should. We haven’t been as faithful as we ought to have been guarding the theological door, and it’s starting to show. Listen Now
The Necessity of Divine Revelation | Part 2
God is not silent, and He is not distant. God is working in this world for good. If we are His, we experience that goodness even now in tangible ways. Yet how great is the glory of His works throughout history! These are ours to enjoy as they are preserved for us in Scripture. Read More
Podcast: Experience vs. Theology [Touchpoints]
True or False: Experiencing God is more important than knowing about Him. What do you think? Listen Now
Podcast: Christ Our Brother – Hebrews 2:11-18 [Expositions]
Hebrews 2 shows us just how necessary it is that Christ be made like us in all things. He takes on humanity to save us. He takes on flesh to show His mercy. He becomes one of us so He can bring us back to God. Christ’s incarnation—God in the flesh—is crucial to the gospel. Without His incarnation, our faith is in vain. But through Him, we are restored to God. Listen Now
Podcast: Perfected Through Suffering – Hebrews 2:10 [Expositions]
Hebrews 2 shows us just how necessary it is that Christ be made like us in all things. He takes on humanity to save us. He takes on flesh to show His mercy. He becomes one of use so He can bring us back to God. Christ’s incarnation—God in the flesh—is crucial to the gospel. Without His incarnation, our faith is in vain. But through Him, we are restored to God. Listen Now
The Necessity of Divine Revelation | Part 1
The created world cannot be rightly understood without the Bible. God cannot be known without it. We cannot understand ourselves without it. We do not rightly know our need for salvation or the way of salvation without what God has revealed to us in Scripture. We would not know how God expects us to live, except He has shown us in His word. God has shone into our darkness with His marvelous light, the light of His revealed word. Read More
What Arminius Taught About Salvation | Part 6
The four issues I’ve outlined are genuine problems in our generation. We have drifted from biblical center, and it is vital that we again find our moorings. Beyond Arminianism, we need to moor ourselves to the Scriptures. In our laxity and our preference for comfortable beliefs over biblical beliefs, we have lost track of some of the essentials of the gospel. Read More
What Arminius Taught About Salvation | Part 5
I believe much of what hides behind the label “Arminianism” today actually disregards core Scriptural truths. Since Arminianism is generally accepted as a viable framework, Arminian-sounding beliefs are accepted as true, even if they are disharmonious with God’s revelation. I will attempt to paint several warning signs that we can use to determine when someone is beginning to go off the rails of biblical Christianity. Read More