Jesus used parables as object lessons, highlighting things that were very familiar to the people he was addressing, to make a point: wedding feasts, ceremonies, and doweries; vineyards and harvests; stewards and, yes, shepherds. The work of a shepherd was very familiar to most Jews of that day. A common occupation among them, most knew…
Tag: All Things
What About the Devil (Part 2)
While not explicitly saying so, the scriptures can be seen barking around that neighborhood – if not overtly, then the Bible certainly seems to be painting that picture for us. I believe it is doing so in four different ways:
Wouldn’t a Loving God Make Sure Everyone Gets to Heaven?
Universalism has been characterized in ways that completely miss the mark and I don’t know if the people I’ve been reading are intellectually lazy or deliberately misleading. One thing is for sure, it is one or the other. A case in point is contained in an article posted to the CrossExamined.org website entitled, Wouldn’t a…
All Things
In Jesus explanation of “all things”, He certainly didn’t include a quick lesson on nano technology or quantum physics
Can This Be the Fruit of God’s Adventure?
If the orthodox view of hell is correct, then the devil will have won.
What About the Devil?
God called him the morning star, the day star, son of the morning and the shining one. He carried the light.
What is Universal Reconciliation and is it Biblical?
What is Universal Reconciliation and is it Biblical? Universal Reconciliation is also known as Biblical Universalism or Christian Universalism. Well known and widely taught, it was referred to by the early church as the apokatástasis (a Greek word meaning restitution or restoration). The central or core belief is that, in the end (quite literally), having…
Everlasting Versus Age-Lasting
An amazing thing happens when aion is rendered “age” throughout the New Testament.
God Will Be All in All
This is to be achieved by a magnificent event which is on its way, beyond which we know nothing. A divine event, it seems to be set in the farthest reaches of the future.
Colossians 1:15-20
So, when we are told that God will reconcile all things unto Himself on the strength of the peace made through the blood of the cross of Christ, we can be assured He has the power and authority do it!
Biblical Universalism 