PreTrib PilgrimSearch the library
Search by subject, then refine by approach. A prophecy study may also be apologetic or discerning because subject tells you what it examines, while approach tells you how it examines it.
27 results for “Eternal life”
Clear searchNot escape from the body, but its redemption
…ing or dissolve His humanity into spirit. Yet He was no longer subject to ordinary mortal life. He had not merely been revived, like Lazarus, only to face death again. He had entered an incorruptible life over which death had no dominion (Romans 6:9). Scripture gives us continuit…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
Does Eternal Mean Divine? Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation Why this is useful to know: On your walk through life, you will encounter challenges to the deity of Christ from…
Read article →Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation
Is the Beatific Vision the Whole Christian Hope? Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation The beatific vision is the Christian teaching that the redeemed will see God and find their perfect happiness in Him. It draws upon magnificent promises: “Blesse…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection? Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son “This day have I begotten thee” appears to be applied to Christ’s resurrection. Did Jesus become the Son of God when He rose—or does Scripture dis…
Read article →What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
Eternal Love Before Creation What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God Before there was a universe, what was there for God to love? There were no angels, no human beings and no cr…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…nel, brilliant light, encounters with beings or deceased relatives, a panoramic review of life, and a boundary beyond which the person believes he cannot return. Not every account contains all these features. Some are confused or dreamlike. Some are frightening. Some contain imag…
Read article →Does John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
…Christ’s Body? “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.” —John 6:47–48 An evangelical watches a confident Roman Catholic presentation of John 6. The argument appears straightforward. Jesus said that unless we eat Hi…
Read article →Labour, purpose, and faithfulness in a fallen world
…lace of God. Others speak as though work itself were an indignity—an interruption to real life which should be escaped as quickly as possible. Scripture presents labour differently. Work is not our god, and it is not the curse. It is part of the good order God gave humanity befor…
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
…upying a human body, Christ’s humanity becomes an instrument rather than a complete human life. If it presents God joining Himself to an independently acting man, the one Christ begins to divide into two. Learning to speak carefully is not dry conformity to a council. It helps us…
Read article →Why the distinction matters when we speak about Jesus
…y suggest: Person tells us who Jesus is. Nature tells us what He is. Who is He? He is the eternal Son of God, the Word who was with God and was God. What is He? He is truly God and truly man. Jesus Christ is one Person possessing two complete natures: a divine nature and a human…
Read article →Michael J. Vlach · Biblical theology · 2023
…toration and shows why bodily resurrection, the renewal of the earth, Christ's reign, and life in God's presence belong together. This is a substantial theological study rather than a short introduction. Vlach writes from a premillennial, dispensational framework, so readers who…
View recommendation →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…The subject of the incarnation is the Word who already was. The new reality is His human life among us. This also prevents the argument becoming a discussion of an abstract divine attribute with no personal identity: John narrates the Word’s coming, revelation, rejection and rec…
Read article →The incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine
…as made flesh. The One who made the world entered it, accepted the limitations of a human life, suffered at the hands of His creatures and died upon a cross. We confess these things because they are true. But we should not pretend that they are philosophically ordinary. To many a…
Read article →Why the Son assumed a complete human nature, not merely a body
…an become less than fully human in our thoughts. Scripture presents something richer: the eternal Son assumed our complete humanity, including a genuinely human mind, affections and will. That truth helps us understand His obedience, suffering, sympathy and saving work. Suggested…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…It is often said that if God can abandon Israel, Christians cannot trust His promises of eternal life. The point contains a real insight, but it should be stated carefully. Consider the argument from the Church's side. Suppose another people came into the blessings of the new co…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…ter Hagar and Ishmael leave Abraham's household, God hears the boy's voice, preserves his life and promises to make him a great nation (Genesis 21:17–21). This matters morally and exegetically. Defending Isaac does not require Christians to speak as though God hated Ishmael. He s…
Read article →Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance
…en to accompany Jesus. Both heard His teaching, witnessed His miracles, and shared in the life of the disciples. Both were warned that they would fail Him. Both acted against light they had received. Neither man could claim ignorance of who Jesus was or what He had taught. Their…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…John's claim is not that a human prophet gradually acquired divine status. It is that the eternal Word entered human life. This explains the authority which follows. The Son gives life, executes judgement and must receive the same honour as the Father: "That all men should honour…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…Person and three Persons, or one Being and three Beings. We confess one divine Being who eternally exists as three distinct Persons. Christianity begins with one God The Bible's starting point is uncompromising monotheism: "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." —Deutero…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…the Creator Romans 1 provides the necessary starting point. The created world reveals the eternal power and Godhead of its Maker, leaving man without excuse. Yet fallen humanity refuses the response creation ought to produce: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him n…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…Isaiah 32:17 Peace grows out of righteousness. It is the settled condition produced when life is ordered according to God’s justice. Verse 18 completes the picture with peaceful habitation, secure dwellings and quiet resting places. The false ease of verse 9 has given way to sec…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…aim that one person's unwilling punishment can be transferred arbitrarily to another. The eternal Son willingly took flesh, represented His people, obeyed where we failed, and gave Himself for us. The Judge did not outsource the cost. In the Person of the Son, God bore it. At Cal…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…and asked whether He can be contained within the category of prophet. We have considered eternal love, the crucifixion, divine justice, forgiveness and assurance. We have tested the transmission of the Bible, the missing Islamic Injeel, the Qur’an’s miracle claim, alleged prophe…
Read article →The glory philosophy could not contain
…survive; it is glory Christianity alone can proclaim. The Maker entered His creation. The eternal Son made our nature His own. The One whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain was carried in human arms. But what happens when a philosopher encounters that glory and tries to fit i…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…ercy towards creation from his special love for the faithful. He may argue that continued life, food, family, guidance and opportunity to repent are themselves expressions of mercy even towards those who are not presently loved. Surah 7:156 provides material for such a distinctio…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…ars a demand for conformity to a human organisation, reinforced by threats about the afterlife. For someone else, God means a powerful being who inhabits the universe and insists on obedience. The immediate question is understandable: Why should this being have authority over me?…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…modern reporters. Eusebius of Caesarea admired Constantine; Athanasius spent much of his life defending the Nicene settlement; Constantine had an imperial interest in presenting unity as his achievement. Their testimony must therefore be read critically. Yet we possess the creed…
Read article →