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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

Does evangelical pessimism need a makeover?

April 25, 2012 by Randal

When I was growing up I was taught dispensational premillennialism, an eschatology (theology of last things) that has as one of its hallmarks an unshakeable pessimism about the imminent future. Basically, things will keep getting worse until Jesus returns and establishes his kingdom. Dispensational pessimism continues to form a broad swathe of North American conservative […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dispensationalism, eschatology, evangelicalism, John Rawls, justice

The Confessions of an Ouranophobe, or How I got over my fear of heaven

November 25, 2011 by Randal

A couple months ago I blogged on the notion of a fear of heaven. What follows below is a much longer discussion of the same topic. It is an autobiographical excerpt which I originally wrote for a book I am currently writing on the concept of heaven. Once I decided that the passage would not be included in the book, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, eschatology, heaven, ouranophobia, resurrection

What on earth happened to Colton Burpo? A Discussion of “Heaven is for Real”

November 19, 2011 by Randal

Tomorrow morning (November 19) I’ll be speaking from 9 AM – 12 PM at McKernan Baptist Church in Edmonton on the question “What on Earth Happened to Colton Burpo?” If you are asking yourself “Who is Colton Burpo?” I have to wonder where you’ve been. The book Heaven is For Real (Thomas Nelson, 2010) was […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, Colton Burpo, eschatology, heaven, Heaven is for Real, near death experience, Todd Burpo

Ouranophobia and its treatment

September 25, 2011 by Randal

The world is full of bizarre phobias. One of the strangest is arachibutyrophobia, the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. (If you’re that scared then why are you eating a Reese Peanut butter cup to begin with?!) As a theologian, my pick for the weirdest phobia (at least on the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: eschatology, heaven, ouranophobia

Sponsor an African child and save the arctic narwhal, and why I choose to do both

July 1, 2011 by Randal

 I support two charities on a regular basis: World Vision and the World Wildlife Fund. On the few times that charitable giving practices have come up in conversation with fellow Christians, my mention of World Vision has met with a nod of knowing approval. In contrast, mention of the World Wildlife Fund has been met […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine of creation, environmental ethics, environmentalism, eschatology, World Vision, World Wildlife Fund

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