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eschatology

Would a loving God send people to hell?

February 3, 2018 by Randal

I just wrote an article for Christian Post on this topic. You can read it by clicking here.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: damnation, eschatology, hell, judgment, problem of evil

Hellrazed? The Book!

November 29, 2017 by Randal

Five years have passed since Kevin Miller’s provocative documentary Hellbound? was released. The film explores concepts of the afterlife (in particular, the doctrine of eternal conscious torment), and how they shape the life and belief of the church here and now. I met Kevin at that time as I had the privilege of hosting the film’s […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, hell, Hellbound?, Hellrazed, Kevin Miller

Will Jesus Return in 1988?

April 1, 2017 by Randal

I remember September, 1988 well for one reason: my friend Sean’s parents gave away and sold all their possessions. Why? They were convinced that Jesus would return in a few days based on the calculations of Edgar Whisenant, calculations that Mr. Whisenant had published in the bestselling booklet 88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be In […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dispensationalism, eschatology, rapture, second coming

TWU Today Archives Part 2: A Defense of Annihilationism

May 22, 2016 by Randal

This article, published in the TWU Today Newspaper on January 23, 1996, represents one of my first forays into theological writing. Provocatively titled “Who in hell lives forever?”, the article provides a succinct summary and defense of the case for annihilationism, the doctrine that the reprobate cease to exist in hell.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: annihilationism, eschatology, eternal conscious torment, hell

The Unimaginable Torments of Hell

March 11, 2016 by Randal

On January 3, 2015 the Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh was burned alive by ISIS. A video of the murder was later released online, evoking horror and outrage worldwide. The other day I was in a conversation with a friend who told me he had watched the video of Al-Kasasbeh’s murder … and immediately regretted it. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: damnation, eschatology, eternal conscious torment, hell

Hell and Mr. Fudge: A Review

October 30, 2015 by Randal

Twenty years ago I took a course in apologetics at Trinity Western University. The main assignment was a debate in front of the class at the end of the semester. My friend and I were given the task of defending annihilationism — the view that hell constitutes the final destruction of the unregenerate — over-against […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, eschatology, fundamentalism, hell, Hell and Mr. Fudge, review

10. The 59-Second Apologist: Will we have free will in heaven?

May 25, 2015 by Randal

Mark Twain once quipped: “Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed.” That piece of advice, however questionable it may be, does raise an interesting philosophical question: when a person becomes unable to sin, must they give up their free will? Some theologians have supposed so. To note one […]

Filed Under: Podcast-59 Second Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, eschatology, free will, heaven

Easter and the Resurrection to Judgment

April 5, 2015 by Randal

This morning at our Easter service the pastor quoted Frederick Buechner: “Resurrection means the worst thing is never the last thing.” It’s a great quote which eloquently summarizes the Christian hope in resurrection. In other words, Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection provides the down-payment for that future resurrection that will embrace all God’s people. Thus, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atonement, eschatology, final judgment, Frederick Buechner, Jesus Christ, resurrection

Love has no shelf life: The goodness of life forever

February 20, 2015 by Randal

I’d like to live forever, and under the right conditions I hope I can. I discuss that wish (and rebut those who look askance at the prospect) here. So I always remain puzzled by atheists/skeptics/naturalists etc. who insist that they really don’t want to live forever, even under the most ideal of conditions. Soren Kierkegaard […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, atheism, eschatology, eternity, skepticism

My heaven interview with a Bold Cup of Coffee

December 17, 2014 by Randal

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the folks at boldcupofcoffee.com to talk about some of my recent work on heaven, apologetics, and dialogue. This is the first of three interviews and it focused on the topic of my book What on Earth Do we Know About Heaven? You can visit the accompanying Bold Cup of […]

Filed Under: Home Posts, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bold Cup of Coffee, eschatology, heaven, interview

What happens after we die?

December 10, 2014 by Randal

This past Sunday (Dec. 7th) I was invited to give a talk (aka a “sermon”) at St. Albert Alliance Church on the topic “What happens after we die?” (Thanks to Matt Garvin for inviting me and to the church for being a great host.) The talk was part of an extended series the church did […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: death, eschatology, eternity, existentialism, intermediate state, naturalism

“Heaven is for Real” A Review

July 26, 2014 by Randal

Last night I saw “Heaven is for Real” available to rent at Redbox. Having read the book, and presented seminars critiquing it, and having written a sixty page book proposal titled What on Earth Happened to Colton Burpo? which was rejected by the publishers because they were worried that I (and they) would appear to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, eschatology, heaven, Heaven is for Real, movie, NDE, OBE, review

Damning the disordered? An argument against eternal conscious torment

July 8, 2014 by Randal

Paul Bernardo is one of Canada’s most infamous rapists and serial killers. While his litany of crimes is too extensive to list here, the court evidence against the man was absolutely overwhelming and included video tapes of the crimes he filmed with the help of his equally psychopathic wife. Suffice it to say, anybody with a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, eternal conscious torment, hell, judgment, theology

Will cowards inherit the kingdom of God?

January 31, 2014 by Randal

In the thread to “A Martian’s perspective on the problem of evil” Ray Ingles posed a problem with the greater goods response to evil. Why, for example, would God subject people to evils to cultivate in them the greater good of courage if courage will not be required in eternity? As he put it, “Why […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, heaven, problem of evil, theodicy

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