May

14

‘Are you sure you’re a ‘true’ believer?’

May 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Salvation, Christian Life 

I hate this question.
Mostly because it’s a question some evangelists use in order to stir their audience into examining their salvation, in order for some who haven’t ever been ’stired’ before (because they’ve probably been brought up in a church-going culture but have never put their trust in Jesus to save them) to make a […]

Feb

10

Why Sushi will be in heaven

February 10, 2008 | 3 Comments

Posted by bcwb · Filed Under Salvation, General Discussion, Random thoughts 

This is my first ever blog entry! 
Yes Sushi will be in heaven; along with Blake, Halley, Onyx and Puff.I am talking about pets that I have had throughout my life. 
I would love to say that I am completely neutral on the subject of pets/animals in heaven but I am not. To be quite honest I […]

Feb

3

In God We Trust?

February 3, 2008 | 5 Comments

Posted by lisa robinson · Filed Under Christian Philosophy, Salvation 

I’ve been thinking about what it means to live by faith, which is to be the hallmark of our Christian life. Most certainly, numerous passages point to the fact that by faith in Christ and the accomplished work on the cross, this is the foundation of our faith. So to say “I trust […]

Jan

30

Gregory of Nyssa

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Posted by joanied · Filed Under Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Christian Philosophy, Salvation 

I didn’t want to just take it from one place on the internet about what Gregory of Nyssa believed about “universal reconciliation” so I did read this paper on the internet by a Donald L Ross at http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/gregoryn.htm and part of what he writes is:”The freedom of the nous provides a necessary condition for […]

Jan

14

Fascinating reference to Pascal’s Wager from the Atheist Richard Dawkins in his book, “The God Delusion”

January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

Posted by sthomsen · Filed Under Atheism, Calvinism/Arminianism, Christian Philosophy, Salvation, Apologetics 

Dawkins writes:
The great French mathematician Blaise Pascal reckoned that, however long the odds against God’s existence might be, there is an even larger asymmetry in the penalty for guessing wrong. You’d better believe in God, because if you are right you stand to gain eternal bliss and if you are wrong it won’t make any […]

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