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eschatology

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

Cooling Twilight reviews “What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven?”

October 5, 2013 by Randal

The blog Cooling Twilight (great name, by the way) has reviewed What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven? You can read the review here. The closing of the review summarizes matters nicely: “In this slim vol­ume Rauser tack­les impor­tant and intrigu­ing issues in a robust and engag­ing way, pro­vid­ing a rea­soned alter­na­tive to so much of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, eschatology, heaven, review, What on Earth do we Know About Heaven

Randal talks heaven on The Bob Dutko Show

October 5, 2013 by Randal

I’ve been on The Bob Dutko Show several times now. Radio is a fast-paced medium as you gallop to make your points before the next commercial break. At the same time, it is a noble challenge because the medium forces you to state each point in what is little more than a glorified elevator speech. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, Bob Dutko, eschatology, heaven, interview, Randal Rauser

18. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here? Filmmaker Kevin Miller reconsiders the doctrine of hell

September 30, 2013 by Randal

In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast we sit down with screenwriter, producer and film director Kevin Miller. Kevin is perhaps best known as the screenwriter for the 2008 documentary “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” and as director of the 2012 documentary “Hellbound?” (You can see my review for “Hellbound?” here.) “Hellbound?” (which is now available […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, hell, Hellbound?, interview, Kevin Miller, universalism

17. Randal asks “Does Heaven Need a Makeover?”

September 28, 2013 by Randal

In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast I break with my usual practice of an interview / conversation. Instead, I’m featuring a talk I delivered at the OnWord Conference at Steele Heights Baptist Church in Edmonton, AB on September 28, 2013 titled “Does Heaven Need a Makeover?” In this talk I argue that common objections to heaven […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, eschatology, heaven, Randal Rauser

Randal interviews himself on his new book “What on Earth do we Know about Heaven?”

September 6, 2013 by Randal

Last fall I interviewed myself upon the release of The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver, and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails. The interview was such a success that I determined I had to have myself back. It took awhile, but I finally managed to secure an interview with myself upon the release of my new book on […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Baker Books, eschatology, heaven, Randal Rauser, What on Earth do we Know About Heaven

Endorsements for “What on Earth do we Know About Heaven?”

May 2, 2013 by Randal

The clock is ticking down to the point in September when my new book on heaven is released to an unsuspecting public. In the interim I offer the following three endorsements. “I love Randal Rauser because he loves to ask questions, especially hard and controversial questions.  But not only does he like to ask them, he […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, heaven, What on Earth do we Know About Heaven

Why do conservative Christians think everything is getting worse?

January 20, 2013 by Randal

The answer is simple: eschatology. Eschatology is the doctrine of last things, and most Christian conservatives these days continue to be premillennial in their eschatology. Premillennialism is often described as a pessimistic eschatology, one that expects conditions to get progressively worse until Jesus comes back and establishes his millennial kingdom. (In contrast, postmillennialism is often described […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, Good society, justice, premillennialism

How long, O Lord? An Advent meditation on suburban injustice

December 3, 2012 by Randal

“Americano. Grande. Extra room.” The emphasis was crucial. Failure to include it and “extra room” could easily become mere “room” resulting in three shots of espresso hopelessly diluted in excess hot water with no room for cream. It was a delicate balance, one that I thought I’d secured by the carefully placed emphasis. “Americano. Grande. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: consumerism, culture, eschatology, ethics, justice, satire, Starbucks

Will resurrected bodies have face mites?

September 8, 2012 by Randal

The doctrine of the general resurrection is central to the Christian theological conception of the afterlife. At the core of the doctrine is the claim that numerically the same body that dies will one day be restored to life. Conceptually it is relatively straightforward to envision this process in the case of Christ who died […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Demodex mite, eschatology, eternity, heaven, resurrection, theology

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