What Is Heaven?
Scripture describes two events, not one: a purging on the pattern of Noah that opens the millennial reign, and a wholly new creation after the thousand years.
TheologyLast things (eschatology)
Selected published articles.
Articles in this collection
What Happens When We Die?
Death is a separation, not an ending. Scripture describes conscious life after death, a coming judgment, and the resurrection of the body as the Christian hope.
TheologyThe Kingdom in Their Midst: Luke 17:20-21 and the Present Reign of Christ
When the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would come, He told them it was already among them. An examination of Luke 17:20–21 and the inaugurated kingdom—what the Pharisees...
Biblical studiesThree Christian Views of the End Times Explained Clearly
Christians agree that Christ is coming again. They disagree on the tribulation, the rapture, and the Millennium. Pre-trib, post-trib, and amillennial frameworks explained clearly.
TheologySheol Evolved: The Dead Divided
How did the biblical understanding of the afterlife develop from Sheol to the divided realm Jesus described? Trace the progressive revelation from Old Testament through the New.
Biblical studiesThree Christian Views of Hell
Eternal conscious torment, annihilationism, and universalism: three Christian views of hell examined fairly with a Reformed assessment of the biblical evidence.
TheologySupplemental Study: Hope Beyond the Grave
Paul's teaching on the return of Christ and the resurrection of believers offers comfort, hope, and clarity for every generation of Christians.
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus: Eternal Consequences and Compassionate Living
Jesus told this parable immediately after rebuking the Pharisees for their love of money, addressing men who had scoffed at what He had just taught about the right use of possessions. It is...
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant: Vigilance and Stewardship
This parable continues directly from the fig tree in the Olivet Discourse, and it applies the lesson of watchfulness to a specific office. Having told His disciples that nobody would know...
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Fig Tree: Signs of the Times and the Urgency of Readiness
This brief parable belongs to the Olivet Discourse, delivered on the Mount of Olives during the last week of Christ's earthly ministry. Leaving the temple with His disciples, Christ had...
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Dragnet: The Final Judgment and the Kingdom of Heaven
This is the seventh and last of the kingdom parables gathered in Matthew 13. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which,...
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Sheep and the Goats: Serving Others as Expressions of Faith
Jesus spoke this scene near the end of the Olivet Discourse, in the last days before His death, as the third and final movement in a sequence that began with the ten virgins and continued...
Biblical studiesThe Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: Readiness for Christ's Return
Jesus told this parable on the Mount of Olives, in the last week of His life, in answer to a question His disciples had asked about the sign of His coming and the end of the age. It follows...
Biblical studiesThe Blessed Hope: The Return of the Lamb
The church has always lived between two certainties. Christ has come, and Christ will come again, and the cross guarantees the crown.
TheologyOur Redemption Draws Near: Reading Revelation Without Fear
Revelation was not given to frighten the church but to strengthen it by showing who reigns while the judgments of history unfold.
TheologyBehold, the Bridegroom Comes: The Ten Virgins and the Visible Church
All ten expected the bridegroom and all ten slept. The parable divides them by preparation, and preparation could not be borrowed at midnight.
Biblical studiesThe Voice That Will Raise the Dead
Christian hope does not rest on the immortality of the soul but on a voice that will summon the dead out of every grave on earth.
TheologyThe Battle of Armageddon: The Last Conflict of Two Kingdoms
Armageddon is not a contest whose outcome remains in doubt. It is the public disclosure of a victory Calvary already secured.
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