Category: Bible

“Ye shall not surely die” — do you believe the lie?

The Toronto street preachers I’ve written about somewhat frequently in recent times have given me a number of excellent examples of how so many Christians completely misunderstand what Scripture says about so many topics, and death is yet another topic that most of them miss the mark on. If you listen to a “gospel” sermon… Continue reading “Ye shall not surely die” — do you believe the lie?

Immortality and the second death

There are many good reasons to reject the commonly accepted Christian teaching known as Infernalism (the soteriological position that those who die without first becoming Christians will suffer forever in a conscious state in a place called the lake of fire), and over the years I’ve written about a number of them on this site,… Continue reading Immortality and the second death

The salvation equation

Most evangelical Christians claim that the salvation equation is: Jesus + nothing = everythingJesus + sinner’s contribution = nothing However, if you pay close attention to what they’re actually teaching, it becomes clear that what they actually believe is: Jesus + nothing = nothingJesus + sinner’s contribution = everything Now, the sinner’s contribution can be… Continue reading The salvation equation

To be “in Christ,” or not to be “in Christ”? Is that the question?

“For even as, in poverty, all the members of the family are hungering, thus also, in inheritance, shall all the members of the family be filled.” Even before I get to the scriptural reason I wrote the above statement, I trust you can see that these aren’t two options the family in question has to… Continue reading To be “in Christ,” or not to be “in Christ”? Is that the question?

Having to choose to have faith is salvation by works

Most Christians believe that they can choose to believe the Gospel on their own, and in fact believe that one’s choice determines where they will spend eternity. The problem is, this idea is essentially salvation by works or salvation by self, and is really nothing more than humanism dressed up in religious garb. Yes, the… Continue reading Having to choose to have faith is salvation by works

Universalists agree that not everyone will be saved

I watched a debate between a Christian and a member of the body of Christ the other night, over whether Universal Reconciliation was scriptural or not. There’s a lot that I could discuss about it, but one thing stood out in particular. The “against” debater pointed out that Jesus stated some people would not be… Continue reading Universalists agree that not everyone will be saved

Is God a gentleman?

“But God won’t force people to go to heaven to live with Him against their will,” he said when he found out I believed in Universal Reconciliation. “Forcing someone to do something against their will is called rape, and God wouldn’t do that.” “I should probably point out that I’m not saying He’ll let them… Continue reading Is God a gentleman?

Salvation by superiority

I’ve written about some of the street preachers of downtown Toronto before (see here and here), but I came across some of them again yesterday while on a walk, and once again the duplicity of the words they preached jumped out at me (although I believe they almost certainly had no idea how deceptive what they… Continue reading Salvation by superiority

The end result of Paul’s Gospel

While most members of the body of Christ believe that the CLV is one of the most accurate English versions of the Bible translated so far, it’s not always the easiest to read, being a literal version and all, so I decided to write my own paraphrase of what might be the most informative explanation… Continue reading The end result of Paul’s Gospel