“Eternal life, then, is not merely life that comes from God; it is also the mode of living associated with the age to come. And similarly for eternal punishment: It is not merely punishment that comes from God; it is also the form of...
PICK TWO, REJECT ONE (You can't believe all 3) 1. It is God’s redemptive purpose for the world (and therefore His will) to reconcile all sinners to Himself. 2. It is within God’s power to achieve His redemptive purpose for the world. 3...
Many think it impossible to square a doctrine of universal reconciliation with the theme of divine judgment that we find not only in Paul, but throughout the Bible generally. For the God of the Bible, they insist, is not only loving and...
1 Cor 3:10-15; Rom 11:22; Matt 19:25
The death or the punishment that sin brings is as much a means of grace, on his view, as the death that being crucified with Christ brings, and in both cases death is a process whereby the old person or the false self is destroyed. The...
“There is a difference between revenge and punishment; the latter (kolasis) is inflicted in the interest of the sufferer, the former (timoria) in the interest of him who inflicts it, that he may obtain satisfaction.” “And these will go...
Those whom God has “imprisoned” in disobedience – the vessels of wrath whom he endures with much patience – are precisely those to whom he is merciful. By literally shutting sinners up to their disobedience and requiring them to endure the...
