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Will Believers’ Bad Works Be Judged at the Bema? 

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I received an email from Andrew Farley advertising an article he wrote titled, “Are Christians judged for their sins?” (see here).   I appreciate the fact that he exalts the grace of God and the freeness of everlasting life.i But his comments in this article do not accurately reflect what Scripture teaches about the Bema.   He said that “Christians will not face any judgment for their
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Life in the Catacombs 

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Perhaps you have heard of the Paris Catacombs, a mass grave located in tunnels beneath the city.  In the late 18th century, Parisian cemeteries were overcrowded. The filth from decomposing bodies was seeping into the ground and contaminating food stores and causing serious sanitary issues. In response, entire cemeteries were relocated to the tunnels.   In moving the bodies, identities were lost. Yet when placed in the tunnels, the remains were artistically stacked, creating
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What Age Will Believers Look Like in the Kingdom? 

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John asked this excellent question:  This question just popped into my cold-soaked brain.  I think you’ve said that our glorified bodies in the millennium will make us appear as we were at age 33 (as Jesus’ body appeared to people after His resurrection.)  If so, what will the glorified bodies look like for those believers who were under 33 when
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The Old Testament and Eternal Salvation 

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Many people think that the central message of the Bible is how to be saved from hell. GES and Grace people have argued otherwise. The vast majority of the NT was written to believers who were already saved from hell. Most of the NT’s teachings concern how believers are to live so they can have intimacy with the Lord now and be rewarded by Him when He
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The Calvinist’s Conundrum 

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I recently visited a Sunday school class in which the teacher brought up Romans 7:14-25. In this passage, the Apostle Paul describes a time in his life when he struggled with sin. The teacher rightly noted that this passage has sparked considerable theological debate. Paul states that he wants to do what is right, but repeatedly does the opposite. The question that arises from this description
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Reality of the Wilderness 

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In 1731, Abbé Prévost wrote the French novel Manon Lescaut. It was one of the most controversial novels of its time and was quickly banned from publication.   The novel tells the story of 18-year-old Des Grieux, a seminary student who is on his way to becoming a priest. One day, he meets the beautiful Manon Lescaut. They fall in love at first sight and
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Heroic Hobbyists 

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In 2018, an event made international news. A soccer team of twelve boys and their coach became trapped inside the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand. The team had gone to explore the cave. But the monsoon rains came and sealed off their exit, pushing them miles inside a twisting, waterlogged cave system. For over
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