Author Archives: Islwyn

My Conditionalist Archive

I have put this post with the links to posts on this subject from my blog for convenience: Champions of Conditional immortality in History In Defence Of Conditionalism Evangelicals Dialogue Over Hell & Conditional Immortality Hell, Heaven And The Second … Continue reading

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A Universe From Nothing?

Last year theoretical physicist and atheist, Lawrence Krauss, wrote a book titled “A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing.” But: “Nothingness has no properties, and thus has no potential for anything.  If you start with nothing, you … Continue reading

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In Defence Of Conditionalism

To add to my previous post there are also links here. But there is also a dedicated blog in Defence of Conditionalism (see the right hand ‘Category’ section for links to different websites). “What is Conditionalism? For the uninitiated on terms that … Continue reading

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Hell – All Souls Day And The Gospel

I read on a Catholic website that “today, Saturday November 2nd is All Souls Day, the day after All Saints Day, which was preceded by Halloween, the eve or vigil of All Saints Day. “All Souls Day is a solemn … Continue reading

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My Wife’s Uncle Tom

Leaving the M4 near Newport when on our occasional trips to Brecon and beyond, we have, if the weather allows, dropped down into Talybont and made our way along to the village of Llanfrynach, The Church of St Brynach with its … Continue reading

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“Perspectives on Paul” by Tom Wright

Says Ben Witherington in his recent post: “My friend and colleague Tom Wright now has two new big books on Paul coming out, the first is a collection of his many essays on Paul over the last 35 years (640 … Continue reading

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Believers Consume Fewer Drugs Than Atheists

I was a teenager when my father described to me his battle to give up smoking when he became a Christian. I thought of him as a tough determined character but he said he actually cried when he threw his … Continue reading

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Is Martin Luther King’s Dream Still Alive?

I posted on Martin Luther King Day back in January. The 28th of last month was the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s now famous speech. The BBC reported that President Obama said that, “”When you are talking about Dr … Continue reading

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“Zombie Claims” On Jesus The Revolutionary

“One of the things variously amusing and annoying is the re-appearance of ideas and claims in my own area of expertise as if something new, something suppressed (e.g., by us scholars supposedly) and reeeeally racy and sensationally important that are … Continue reading

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Why Do Christians Love Rules?

Trillia Newbell sends me back to my posts on Walter Martin and his view of Law and Grace. For me, it is Trillia Newbell who has got it right on Law and Grace. “The rule of law in the Old … Continue reading

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