Can We Go Back to the Future on the End Time?

May 24th, 2009 | Day of the Lord | 2 Comments  
If there has ever been a subject hard to be understood it is that of the "already but not yet" of New Testament eschatology. In a chapter from "The Last Things" edited by Carl Braaten and Robert W. Jenson, includes a chapter on hints from Science for Eschatology -- and Vice Versa, written by George L. Murphy. It isan attempt to understand the end of the world in the light of science. Can we go back to the future on the end time? What this means is that we must go backwards to get to the Bible future for the end, ...
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A Natural and a Spiritual Body?

January 23rd, 2009 | Resurrection | 2 Comments  
A Natural and a Spiritual Body In 1 Corinthians 15:44, the Apostle Paul speaks of the contrast between a natural and a spiritual body. Today, we hear a lot about “spirituality” especially from a new age perspective. However, most people claiming to be spiritual are completely out of harmony with the manner in which the term is used in Scripture. In fact, the way many use that term is what the Bible emphatically calls the “natural” man. There are two Greek terms used to describe these contrasts.  When these are understood, the difference between the natural body and the spiritual body becomes ...
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