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11 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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…
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