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26 results for “Judgment”
Clear searchJ. C. Ryle · Doctrinal and pastoral essays · 1874
…end upon the language, formularies, and party divisions of Anglicanism, and his polemical judgments—especially concerning Rome, sacraments, ministry, and worship—can be severe. Read him appreciatively but not uncritically: distinguish the biblical principle from its nineteenth-ce…
View recommendation →Brian E. Daley · Historical theology · 1991
…was. Daley traces the development of the intermediate state, apokatastasis, resurrection, judgment, and the principal eschatological expectations without pretending that the early Church spoke with one settled voice on every question. His great strength is his balance: he explain…
View recommendation →E. W. Bullinger · Verse-by-verse commentary · 1902
…Day of the Lord Biblical structure Old Testament connections Prophetic symbolism Kingdom Judgment
View recommendation →Not escape from the body, but its redemption
…self is saved (1 Corinthians 3:12–15). He also writes: "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body." —2 Corinthians 5:10 These passages establish real accountability and reward. They do not permit the attitude…
Read article →Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
…s "how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished" (2 Peter 2:9). The Tribulation's judgements are global and widespread. The Church is also global and widespread. If the hour is directed towards the earth-dwellers,…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…tion, the Spirit poured out from above, fruitful land, secure Zion, forgiven inhabitants, judgment upon the nations and the return of the redeemed. Their cumulative movement calls for an explanation large enough to accommodate all these things together. We should allow that movem…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…n 5:22–29). Scripture says that it is appointed unto men once to die, "but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). Any experience which turns God's holy love into moral indifference contradicts the One who loved sinners enough to bear judgement at the cross. The light of the wor…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…etch forth mine hand upon Egypt.” — Exodus 7:5 Egypt will know Yahweh through His acts of judgment. Israel will know Him through redemption. The name is made known in the biblical sense when the character and power belonging to it are manifested in history. The patriarchs receive…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…belongs to the coming age or carries permanent consequences. Scripture speaks of “eternal judgment” and “eternal redemption” (Hebrews 6:2; 9:12). The adjective does not mean that the act of judging or redeeming must be continually repeated without end. It can describe the endurin…
Read article →Abraham, Lot, divine wrath, and a pattern that must be used carefully
…th how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished." —2 Peter 2:9 The point is not that God always removes believers geographically before any local disaster. It is that judgement remains under His control. He knows H…
Read article →R. V. Sellers · Theological biography and history of doctrine · 1928
…drian Christology as more sharply defined schools than newer scholarship permits, and his judgment about which fragments are authentic can depend upon the theology he expects to find. The book is most valuable when it unsettles neat retrospective accounts—not when its own reconst…
View recommendation →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…vangelical speech moves directly from death to “going to heaven” and leaves resurrection, judgment, the kingdom, and the new creation in the background. The earth becomes a sinking ship whose only theological function is to be abandoned. Work, art, family, social responsibility,…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…ent, associating their conversion with the coming of Elijah. "In the last days before the judgment the Jews shall believe in the true Christ." —Augustine, The City of God, XX.29 This was not a return to the Abrahamic land promise or a restored national kingdom. It was a future co…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.” —Hosea 2:19–20 The biblical distinction is therefore clear.…
Read article →Why a loaded label does not settle the question
…th how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” —2 Peter 2:9 These accounts do not all follow an identical mechanism, so none is a self-contained proof of a pretribulation rapture. Together they establish that pr…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…ery knee will bow to Christ as Lord, God, Saviour and King, and He will execute righteous judgment. By His grace He will grant immortality and everlasting glory to the righteous who persevere in His love. I can confess that faith without reservation. More than that: Irenaeus says…
Read article →The Venerable Bede · Ecclesiastical and national history · 731
…ments; he is not a detached modern historian. His miracle accounts, speeches, chronology, judgments, and treatment of Roman and Celtic practices all require historical evaluation. Read him to understand both the events he records and the world in which he interpreted them, compar…
View recommendation →The brothers of Jesus, the sons of Mary, and an argument of strong plausibility
…ural analysis divides the psalm into three movements: lament in verses 1–13, petition and judgment in verses 14–29, and praise in verses 30–36. Within the first two movements, the material proceeds in parallel: Waters, mire and sinking in verses 1–3 correspond to the prayer for d…
Read article →Tal Brooke · Christian investigation · 1979
…ing for a subject on which personal testimony is often allowed to outrun careful biblical judgment. The book was written during the first great wave of modern interest in near-death experiences, so some research, personalities, and cultural references are now dated. Anecdotes alo…
View recommendation →Sir Robert Anderson · Biblical and apologetic argument · 1897
…answer to every sufferer, and it should never be used to silence lament or make confident judgments about why a particular prayer was not answered. Divine silence Providence Suffering Prayer Grace Dispensationalism Future judgment
View recommendation →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" —Romans 11:33 He then gave the reason every covenant, calling, judgement, mercy, nation, and redeemed life reaches its proper end: "For of him, and…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…(Exodus 18:13-26). The promised Davidic King would "reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth" (Jeremiah 23:5). Thrones make the governing sense especially clear. The apostles are not pictured as twelve witnesses appearing briefly to condemn Israel.…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
…ne elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles" (Isaiah 42:1). Later in the chapter we read: "Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitan…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…declared the Creator, His relationship to humanity, the folly of idolatry, and the coming judgment, before grounding his appeal in the resurrection of Jesus. He did not assume that saying God had already established who God was. Acts 17:18–31. Our hearers may need that patient ex…
Read article →Michael Brown, 2 Thessalonians 1, and the public vindication of the saints
…Paul begins by describing the believers’ endurance as: “A manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer.” —2 Thessalonians 1:5 He then explains why their suffering will not have the final word. It is…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…f blood. God's answer was not more impressive religious ceremony: "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow." —Isaiah 1:17 Through the same prophet, God said that the people drew near with their mouths and honoured Him with…
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