Studies punishment language in Scripture, including its purpose, duration, moral meaning, and relationship to correction or restoration.
Matthew 25:46; John 15:2; Hab. 3:6
So far we have looked at 4 terms used in Scripture to convey judgment in the afterlife. In this blog we will look at the term that is found in the most notorious reference to supposed “eternal damnation.” This reference is by far the most...
Do we see scary, messy sinners who deserve hatred and punishment, or do we see sons and daughters for whom the Father sacrificed everything to love and restore? Only when we see the latter can we be trusted to sit down with someone in a...
The church that is going to make Jesus’ love believable is not just a church that moves in signs and wonders and bold gospel preaching and care for the poor. It is the church that has truly become a family. In a family, our mistakes and...
1 John 4:18
We are either operating from the fear of punishment that keeps us disconnected from the Father and enslaved to our old, orphan identity and the punishment paradigm (Paul calls it the “flesh”), or we are operating from loving connection...
John 10:10
Video/Audio Viewing Jesus in all Scripture, and viewing Old Testament Scripture in the light of Jesus. 11:33 Old Testament violence When reading the Old Testament, Is this about Jesus, or is this about us? 14:12 Scripture is not the Word...