EDJ
Evangelical Deconstruction Journey
My mother’s death triggered the bulk of my deconstruction.
It was a long time ago now. 12-13 years. I was attending a Pentecostal church while she was sick and dying. I changed churches to attend a grace-based church just 4 months before she died, and the Pastor (Santo …
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I have been contemplating my past and present concepts of Easter and would like to share a blogpost that simply poured out of me this week:
As a young Evangelical child, I was taught that Jesus died in my place, more-or-less as punishment for my sins. God, being perfect—and particularly …
The phrase His love endures forever is repeated 26 times in Psalm 136 (NIV) alone. Other translations use phrases like his mercy endures forever (NKJV); his faithful love endures forever (NLT); his steadfast love endures forever (ESV); his lovingkindness is …
I tend to think there are two stages of hell—just as the fire of Gehenna and the lake of fire do not really sounds like they are doing the same things or even necessarily in the same location / realm.
The first aspect of hell deals with a person’s relationship with God—that salvation is …
What is hellfire?
The expression “burn in hell” comes from multiple places in the Bible. There are references to the “Lake of fire” in the book of Revelation, the “fire of Gehenna” which is translated “fire of hell” in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and …