Category: Hell

  • The Geography of Heaven and Hell

    A timely reprint – for thinking about heaven and hell. I continue to be amazed at the literalism that infects the minds of many Christians. Just because Scripture uses the language of geography to describe something does not at all mean that we should assume that it is referring to a literal geography. Those whose imaginations…

  • N.T. Wright on Hell

    Worth a listen. Well said. I’ll write on the topic a little later…

  • Is Hell Real?

    Because sometimes the people of God need a basic lesson in the nature of existence… On one of the roads leading into my small city a billboard has recently appeared. It is part of a larger campaign by a nationally known evangelist who is to have a revival in Knoxville. The sign is simple. In…

  • Theophany and the Gates of Hades

    For an Orthodox priest, the services of the Church involve many “comings and goings.” Part of any service takes place within the altar area, which is usually enclosed by an iconostasis, a wall on which icons are hung. The wall does not truly separate one area of the Church from another so much as it…

  • The Mystery of the Forerunner

    There is a unanimous witness in the Christian gospels concerning the place of St. John the Baptist. In the Orthodox world he is generally referred to as the Forerunner. All of the gospels agree that he plays a key role in the coming of the Messiah. It is a role that is largely ignored by…


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  1. Hi Bonnie, I think it’s in his book called “His Life is Mine”. I’m at work and will look it…

  2. Michael, regarding joy, what a key it is! This past winter I did my first Psalter Prayer group, praying the…

  3. Dee, Thank you for that quotation. As Sam says, it is “particularly helpful.” Can you give its source?


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