Category Archives: eschatology

Faith and works: two judgments?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 10, 2008

Our pastor made an interesting proposition yesterday, one that I’ve been leaning toward for a while now, but was still rather intrigued to hear it voiced from the pulpit. As Christians in the Protestant tradition, we accept that salvation by faith alone is a fundamental tenet and set aside any notion that our works have [...]

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Thrown out of the throne room

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: October 18, 2008

The relationship between Satan and Heaven is an interesting one to dig into. One popular view is that Satan led a revolt of angels in pre-history and was in opposition to the Creator from the start, such that the serpent in Eden was the physical embodiment of Satan. Yet throughout the Old Testament, we see [...]

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Are the earth’s birth pangs about to end?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: September 8, 2008

For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it – in the hope that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor [...]

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The literary Bible: Feeding the flames of hell

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: September 3, 2008

This is a post in a continuing translation comparison series. Focused on “the literary Bible”, my intent is look at passages or phrases where translations that have been especially noted for their literary translation qualities seem to capture the meaning of the text with an extra dash of written flavor, at least in comparison with [...]

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