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Notice how Joel Osteen twists the message of resurrection around to a man-centered gospel. The resurrection is about Jesus' defeat of sin and death, not man-centered new beginnings. Typical of free-willer theology which focuses on man.

Notice how Joel Osteen twists the message of resurrection around to a man-centered gospel. The resurrection is about Jesus' defeat of sin and death, not man-centered new beginnings. Typical of free-willer theology which focuses on man.

Notice how Joel Osteen twists the message of resurrection around to a man-centered gospel. The resurrection is about Jesus' defeat of sin and death, not man-centered new beginnings. Typical of free-willer theology which focuses on man.

Notice how Joel Osteen twists the message of resurrection around to a man-centered gospel. The resurrection is about Jesus' defeat of sin and death, not man-centered new beginnings. Typical of free-willer theology which focuses on man.

I don't believe Jesus went literally to Hades between his death and the resurrection. Wayne Grudem has addressed that issue. Any atonement that was made, was made on the Cross.. Because, he said before he died, it is finished. The phrase used relates to payment of a debt and means something...

That's only a partial proof. That relates specifically to the separation of all unbelievers from God, though.

I am not claiming Jesus suffered eternal punishment, but in essence, he suffered the Curse on the Cross, prior to his death. I associate hell with the Curse. There is a close connection between the Curse and what happened on the Cross. And, part of the Curse is being cast out of the presence...

The postponement view is commonly accepted within dispensationalists. The Jews could have begun the Messianic reign at Jesus' first coming according to dispensationalists. However, the Jews rejected him as Messiah, and this resulted in a long "parenthesis" period called the Church Age. This...

Hallelujah, what a Savior! This is a great Easter reminder.

The question is simple...did Jesus suffer hell on the Cross? Sometimes annihilationists will claim that physical death was the only thing Jesus suffered on the Cross, therefore eternal punishment is only physical death. They will claim that the Bible does not use death in a metaphorical...

I don't deny that believers receive a new heart. In fact, I constantly mention this. However, Scripture also warns about the deceitfulness of the human heart, and this deceitfulness doesn't end at conversion. Every believer knows that he is still susceptible to the deceitfulness of his heart...

I don't believe God is reactionary. I am criticizing the dispensationalist view that God is reactionary. I am Reformed and I believe God shapes history. He knows the end from the beginning. Dispensationalists claim that Israel could have accepted Jesus, and the Millennium would have began...

Here's some more on the atonement of Jesus, and how Jesus paid the penalty for our sins. It is marvelous how the Atonement on the Cross ties into the Curse of Genesis 3. This event pointed back to the Fall, and there is a lot of symbolism employed upon the Cross that misses the shallow...

Six Dimension of Hell on the Cross Colin Smith Artists and poets have speculated over the centuries about hell (consider Dante’s “Inferno”), but the clearest revelation of hell is given at the cross. The Apostle’s Creed affirms that Christ descended into hell. While this has often been taken...

So, how do you deal with the fact that Jesus himself quoted Psalm 22, in relation to the Cross? Matt 27:45-50 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that...

By the way, why did you tell me not to assume I know your heart? Perhaps you can tell me why you are appealing to your heart. My basic criticism is wrong doctrine, not the person's inner intentions. I know that some well-meaning people are deceived by false doctrine. But, why did you...

These experiences really don't mean anything to me. They don't mean anything to me because I was not witnessing them myself, and I don't trust individuals I do not know personally. If I know a person, then I know if they are reliable witnesses. If I don't know a person, then I don't know if...

I would warn everyone to consider how much dispensationalism is reflected in discussion of this topic. While there are multiple version of dispensationalism, one common strain of dispensationalism claims there are two separate gospels. Their claim is that Jesus came to preach the gospel of...

Firstly, i do not claim that Roman Catholics are totally without understanding. I consider some of them to be more intelligent than some professing evangelicals. Secondly, I do believe that Acts was a transitional period and that the genre of the book is historical narrative. Therefore, we...

Reformed believers have a phrase : simul justus et peccator. This means "at the same time, justified but sinner". What it means is that in one sense, we are justified and no longer a sinner. Our identity is in Christ, the just one, and since our identit is in him, we are not accounted as...