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Conditional
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A Meeting In
The Air!
1 Corinthians 15
Outlined
Conference
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Editorial Contents
We had our Annual Conference
and Dinner in May. As usual the
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food and the fellowship were
great. Our speaker, Armand
June 2008
Newrick was warmly received. Editorial 3
Part one of his address is David Burge
published in this magazine.
As is my custom I presented a Twisted Scripture 4
brief report to the Conference The Rich Man and The
highlighting the things achieved Beggar Lazarus (Part 2)
by our Association over the year. Warren Gray
Some of the highlights include:
Satire and Truth 7
OUR MAGAZINE David Burge
From Death to Life continues to
be available, four issues per Conditional Immortality
year, both in print and via the in the Nineteenth Century
internet. The internet means (Part 1) 8
our mag can be widely Armand Newrick
promoted to friends and family
at zero cost. This has increased Resurrection Revealed
(Part Six) 13
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YAHOO GROUP (Part 1) 17
Al Maxey
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T The Rich Man THE PURPOSE OF THE
i Lazarus (Part 2)
reveals that the purpose of this
parable is most definitely not to
By Warren Gray teach anything about the
s What follows is the second condition of humankind after
death. Nor is it primarily
t based
part of Warren’s article intended as an ethical lesson on
on a sermon he the proper use of wealth. Rather
preached at the Takanini
e Church
it is intended as a rebuke of the
of Pharisees.
Christ more
d than he
Jesus rebuked
years ago
the Pharisees
many times in
cares to
the Gospels.
remember.
These Pharisees
The
S
took pride in
sentiments
themselves as
expressed
great students
c
herein are
of the
still relevant
Scriptures. They
today.
r ******** searched the
Scriptures to
i utmost
What is of find eternal life.
The irony of the
importance situation is that
p inunderstand
coming to they failed to
recognise the
u with.
literature we are dealing Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign
The story of the Rich that was neither necessary nor
Man and the Beggar Lazarus would it have been effective.
r determine the purpose that
is a parable. We need to Jesus performed many miracles
which had not even begun to
e this parable.
lay behind Jesus’ telling of convince them. This is proved
true by the attitude of the Chief
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Priest and Pharisees when was a reflection of common
Jesus raised the other Lazarus wedding customs. However none
from the dead. “So from that of these people were actual flesh
day on they plotted to take his and blood people. Likewise, the
life.” (John 11:53). Later when Good Samaritan and the Levite
the Son of God himself rose were not necessarily real people.
from the dead, the same There are, of course, some very
obstinate unbelief remained. unrealistic elements within each
THE PICTURE IN THE of these parables, yet this does
PARABLE not cast any aspersions on the
truthfulness of Jesus.
Having determined what was
the main lesson that the In the same way we argue that
parable was the fact that
intended to neither the Rich
teach, how are Man nor the
we now to Beggar Lazarus
understand were real people
Christ’s nor the fact that
presentation of the parable
Hades? Is not contains many
the picture unrealistic
misleading if it elements in any
is not factually way undermines
true? It does the truthfulness
not necessarily of the point that
follow that this Jesus is
is so. intending to
make. It is just
The parables that Jesus was not intending to
which Jesus told were drawn make any point about the fate of
from the environment in which the dead in Hades.
he lived. Their imagery was of
events, practices and places HADES OUTSIDE OF THE
well known to those to whom PARABLE
he spoke. So the parable of the Let us look for a moment at
Sower was inspired by the word “Hades” as it is found
common agricultural practices, in the New Testament:
the parable of the Ten Virgins
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In Acts 2:25-28 (a quotation REALITY AND HOPE
of Psalm 16:8-11), Peter uses The beggar (if he ever existed) is
David’s words, “you will not dead. The rich man (if he ever
abandon my soul to Hades, nor existed) is dead. Abraham and
let thy Holy One to see the prophets are dead. They are
corruption” to support his own unconscious of any passage of
preaching about the time and they will be until the
resurrection of Jesus. Clearly, “Last Day” when Christ will return
Christ was in Hades, but the to raise them to life. The
reference to Hades is related unrepentant will have their part
directly to the Sheol of the Old in the Lake of fire
which is the Second
Death. The
redeemed, however,
will live forever with
their Lord.
The members of
the early church
were filled with one
dominant and
certain hope. The
blessed hope of the
glorious appearing of
our great God and
Saviour, Jesus Christ. They had an
Testament. Modern translations
unshakeable faith in the promise
use the word “grave” here.
of Jesus Christ: “I will come again
Hosea 13:14 states, “I will and receive you unto myself”. He
ransom them from the power is coming to raise the dead and
of the grave; I will redeem bestow the gift of eternal life
them from death. Where, O upon the redeemed.
death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your
CONCLUSION
destruction?” This is exactly The story of the Rich Man and
what God did for Christ. He Lazarus the Beggar is a parable
raised him up from the state which has been misinterpreted
of death and the grave and greatly misused. It is the
(Hades). main source for the teaching that
the unsaved go to a place of
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torment (even before the
judgment) and remain in Satire and Truth
conscious suffering forever. How "McPhail and Gadsby" was a
dishonouring to a God of love well known New Zealand
and justice. political satire. The two title
In the Bible resurrection is the actors poked fun at various
gateway to eternal life. Daniel New Zealand political figures -
12:2 tells us, “Multitudes who going way beyond "historical
sleep in the dust of the earth reality"- yet appreciative kiwi
will awake: some to everlasting audiences, circa 1980s
life, others to shame and recognised the truth that lay
everlasting contempt.” Jesus behind the lampooning.
said, in John 11:25, “I am the What will happen if in 2000
resurrection and the life. He who years some archeologist
believes in me will live, even unearths a perfectly preserved
though he dies; and whoever DVD copy of “McPhail and
lives and believes in me will Gadsby”? Will he or she
never die.” His question remains presume that either New
relevant: “Do you believe this?” Zealand politics in the 1980s
was exactly as pictured or
The Author neither David McPhail or John
Gadby can be trusted as
political commentators?
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once scared people into
repentance was now beginning
to repulse the rational mind of
From Death To
a thinking world. The time had Life
come for the traditional concept This newsletter was
of hell to be revised!
produced, printed and
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Jonathan Edwards, who is Subscriptions may be
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1771 there were eighteen large
churches built to the glory of
God; the fruit of some serious
revivalist preaching which
demanded the conversion
experience!
Sadly though, conversion was
often motivated by the fear of
hell fire torment and Jonathan
Edwards is best remembered
for just such preaching in his
sermon “Sinners in the hands of
an angry God” Interestingly the
first time he preached it, it had
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no effect on its hearers, the tradition, restoring apostolic
second time he preached it, it was belief, and removing denomina-
followed by weeping and wailing; tional titles and creeds. With the
the Great Awakening had arrived! widening geographical horizons of
Edwards of course didn’t always America at the time, combined
preach on hell but it is a reflection with factors such as a strong
of the means to conversion that sense of individualism, traditional
many used at that time. One boundaries no longer proved to
commentary described the fervour be a restriction on the radical
of evangelical preaching during changes that were to emerge in
the “awakening” as a religious the following years. What ensued
energy which was simultaneously over the next 7 decades has been
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In the next chapter, Isaiah verse in a manner which gives
26:19, we read another the reader a bold confidence -
promise, “Thy dead men shall “Yet we have this assurance:
live, together with my dead Those who belong to God shall
body shall they arise. Awake live again. Their bodies shall
and sing ye that dwell in the rise again! Those who dwell in
dust ... the earth shall cast out the dust shall awake and sing
the dead.” “Isaiah speaks here for joy! For God’s light of life
about his own dead body will fall like dew upon them!”
arising from the dust, and The picture of the dead
together with this he associates awakening and singing is a
a group whom
he calls, at the
beginning of the
verse, ‘thy dead
men’, and again,
more generally,
at the end of the
verse, ‘the dead’.
It is plain that
Isaiah
contemplates
here a general
resurrection
...”42 G. Morgan
Campbell
pertinently says,
“In all this
Oracle of the Day of Jehovah as portrait which raises our spirits
the day of restoration, there is in delight and, as the verse
no more wonderful word than says, in joy!
this. It is a singularly clear and One of the clearest verses on
definite foretelling of resurrection in the Old
resurrection.”43 The N.I.V. is a Testament is found in Daniel
little different, but very clear, 12:2,3. “And many of them
“But your dead will live; their that sleep in the dust of the
bodies will rise.” And “The earth shall awake, some to
Living Bible” paraphrases this
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everlasting life, and some to The term “for ever and ever”
shame and everlasting speaks of an unending future.
contempt. And they that be Dan. 12:2 is the only verse in
wise shall shine as the the Old Testament which uses
brightness of the firmament; the phrase, “everlasting life”.
and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for Further down in the same
ever and ever.” The term chapter, in Dan.12:13, a
“sleep in the dust of the earth” personal promise is given to
leaves no doubt that Daniel is Daniel, that he will “rest in the
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stand in his lot at the end of the Characters and Doctrines.
days (13). May this same Scripture Union. Vol. 16. Study
destination be that of all who 19.
read these words.”48 We can 48. The New Bible
join G. Campbell Morgan in Commentary. I. V. F.
saying, “In the fullest sense we
49. Searchlights from the
may use these words of all who,
Word
since the cutting off of Messiah, The Author
sleep in Jesus. Them, God will
Beryl Joy Ching, spent over 40
bring with Him, when He enters
years on the mission field in
into the final glory of His
India. Returning to New Zealand
Kingdom established on
to “retire”, Beryl was for a long
earth.”49
time secretary of this Association.
Footnotes RESURRECTION AS REVEALED
38. Bible Characters and IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND
Doctrines. Scripture Union. Vol. CONFIRMED IN THE NEW
16, Study 24 p. 13. TESTAMENT is the full title of her
Thesis presented to the Faculty
39. Matthew Henry.
of the Freelandia Institute
Commentary in One Volume.
Biblical Theological College in
40. The J. F. B. Bible partial fulfilment of the
Commentary requirements for the Degree
41. Geo.Williams. Master of Biblical Studies.
Student’s Commentary on the
Holy Scripture.
42. Derek Prince. Resurrection
of the Dead, p.42
43. G. Campbell Morgan.
Searchlights from the Word
44. Matthew Henry. See above
45. The New Bible
Commentary. I. V. F.
46. The J. F. B. Bible
Commentary
47. G.E. Ladd. Bible
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A Meeting in the Air -Part One
(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
By Al Maxey
When reviewing passages information they could then
pertaining to the Parousia one is use to "comfort one another"
immediately and inevitably (1 Thess. 4:18). It was a
drawn to Paul's comforting message of assurance and
words directed to the brethren hope, even of expectation. The
in the city of Thessalonica. He Lord will return one day. The
tells them that he does not want dead in Christ shall arise from
them "to be uninformed ... about their graves (Hades). The
those who are asleep" (1 Thess. living will be caught up to the
4:13). The reason for this Lord together with those
concern is also stated: "so
that you may not grieve, as do
the rest who have no hope"
(vs. 13).
Obviously, "sleep" is a figure
of speech representing death.
Even some of our Lord's
closest companions
misunderstood this figure of
speech, and thus Jesus had to
explain to them that He was
talking of literal death (John believers who have been
11:11-14). In the same way, Paul resurrected. From other
speaks of those brethren who passages we also know that
had already died as though they the wicked will experience a
were "asleep" in the dust of the resurrection unto judgment.
ground (1 Cor. 15:18, 20, 51; The present heavens and earth
Daniel 12:2). shall be burned up with fire,
The message he was about to and the wicked be consumed
impart to them would be in this process (2 Peter 3:7).
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Then the redeemed shall be comes again to "claim His
led to the new heavens and bride," His bride will come with
earth where they will dwell Him. Hmmmmm. That sounds a
forever with their Lord. This is bit strange, now doesn't it?!!
a comforting thought The traditional explanation, of
mentioned several times in the course, is that He is bringing
Scriptures, and from it we can these "immortal souls" with Him
draw great assurance. for the purpose of zapping
them back into their resurrected
In this passage of Scripture --
bodies. The
1Thessalonians
righteous dead,
4:13-18 --
according to this
there are
theory, were
several points
already WITH
that need to
the Lord in
receive greater
Paradise --- the
attention if we
Bridegroom was
would truly
already living
perceive the
with His bride
full force of
(sounds like
this teaching
what happens
by the apostle
too frequently
Paul. We will
today) --- but at
notice each
the Second
one in turn.
Coming He's just
ONE --- coming for the
bodies. This
"For if we be-
leads one to ask
lieve that Jesus
the question:
died and rose again, even so
Why?! If the redeemed are
God will bring with Him those
already experiencing the joys of
who have fallen asleep in
Paradise with the Lord, if the
Jesus" (1 Thess. 4:14, NASB).
Bride is already at home with
Traditionally, this has been
the Bridegroom, why bother
interpreted to teach that the
with coming back for a body?
souls or spirits of the righteous
Martin Luther (1483-1546), in
dead will come back from
his Table Talk, observed, "That
Heaven or Paradise with Jesus
would be a silly soul if it were in
when He returns (at the
Heaven and desired its body!!"
Parousia). Thus, when our Lord
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Jesus declared, "In My Father's at the instant of death. Thus,
house are many dwelling places. there is no need for Jesus to
.... I go to prepare a place for you. bring these rewards with Him at
And if I go and prepare a place for the Parousia because we al-
you, I will come again, and receive ready have them. Are we to
you to Myself; that where I am, believe the traditionalists or
there you may be also" (John 14:2- Jesus? I'll choose the latter.
3). This sounds to me like we
won't get there until He comes for Paul declares exactly the same
us! In Matthew 24:30-31 too Jesus when he says the victory over
informs us that at His return His death is experienced "at the last
angels "will gather together His trumpet." At that point we shall
elect from "put on immortality," and "THEN
the four will come
winds, from about the
one end of saying
the sky to that is
the other." written,
Traditional- 'Death is
ists teach swallowed
that the up in
righteous victory'"
dead are (1Cor.
already 15:52-55).
“there” at The
the moment notion that the victory is won at
of death, so there is not much the moment of death, and we
need to come gather them, it are already with the Lord in a
would seem. Jesus says He will not "place of sweet repose," flies in
lose any who are truly His. He will the face of clear biblical
"raise him up” but only “on the last teaching to the contrary. And
day" (John 6:39-40). Jesus also yet the language of 1 Thess.
teaches that He will bring His 4:14 does at first glance appear
reward with Him. "Behold, I am to be saying that Jesus is
coming quickly, and My reward is bringing "with Him" these
with Me, to render to every man redeemed ones who have
according to what he has done" previously died. What exactly IS
(Rev. 22:12). Yet, the traditionalists being declared in this passage?
teach that we receive our reward
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The NASB reads: "God will he didn't bring her with him
bring with Him those who have (having been living with her for
fallen asleep in Jesus." These centuries already) .... rather, he
are those who are asleep .... went to get her. The traditional
who are dead. The New theory, however, has the bride
English Bible renders the coming along!! As an old
passage this way: "God will preacher once said, "That ain't
bring them to life with Jesus." Bible, brother! That don't
The Message (a translation in preach!"
contemporary English) reads
much the same: "God will most Consider this much more
certainly bring back to life biblically consistent possibility:
those who died in Jesus." This The Lord returns from heaven
is assuredly true (our Lord will in the company of the angels
"raise them up on the last to gather His people, both
day"), but it is not an accurate living and dead, from the four
translation of the actual text. corners of the earth. He first
calls the righteous dead forth
The solution to this apparent from their graves, arousing
dilemma can be found in the them from their sleep in the
intent of the "bringing" or dust of the ground. Then the
"leading away." Unto what redeemed, those formerly dead
location are these ones being and the ones still living, are
brought or led? And from caught up to a meeting with
where? And for what purpose? Him in the air from which they
The traditional teaching on this are led away from the earth
passage (and it is really only (which is about to undergo the
an assumption) is that they are judgment of fire) and unto
coming FROM Paradise, and eternal fellowship with the
are being led back TO the Father in the new heavens and
earth to fetch their bodies. earth.
This certainly does NOT fit the
"Bridegroom coming for His In other words, when the
bride" scenario, however. passage says "God will bring
When the bridegroom left the with Him those who have fallen
father's home to fetch his bride asleep in Jesus," it is a BRING-
and bring her to the father's ING unto Himself those who
house for the wedding feast, were in their graves, not a
SENDING unto the earth those
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who were in Paradise. The brought with him to earth" (The
traditionalists have completely Pulpit Commentary, Vol. 21, p.
misunderstood this "bringing 94). This, of course, would be
with Him," and they regard it as the new earth and heavens
a SENDING to earth, rather which will be created following
than a BRINGING away from the destruction of the old. Rev.
the earth and unto eternal 21:1ff tells us that after the
fellowship with the Father in the destruction of the old heavens
company of Jesus. and earth there will be "a new
heaven and a new earth," and
The word "bring" in verse 14 is the bride of Christ is gathered
a Greek verb signifying "to lead up and
away, lead brought with
out; drag Him to dwell
away." The forever in this
Lord Jesus glorious place.
will lead us
away from
“Hitchens
Thus, they are
brought up
the judgment is
out of the
about to be
poured out
wrong
grave to join
with Christ in
upon the about
the air, the old
earth (we isHell”
destroyed
shall be and they are
caught up then, together
from the in His
earth unto a company, brought with Him to
meeting with Him), and then the new heavens and earth.
lead us unto the glorious future
that awaits us. In other words, Brother Burton Coffman, in his
being brought with Him is commentary on this 1 Thess. 4
actually the reverse of what the passage, writes that the
traditionalists teach. resurrected redeemed do not
dwell with Him in the air, when
"We are not to think of them as they meet Him there, "but then
brought from heaven, for they accompany him to the new
are viewed in respect of their heaven and the new earth."
being in their graves. But we
may think of them as joining The Expositor's Bible
their descending Lord, and Commentary (Vol. 11, p. 276)
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comments, "To be brought with stated earlier in its exegesis of
Jesus presupposes rising from this verse, "Just as 'Jesus died
the dead as part of the process and rose again,' so will 'those
(vs. 16). This is what had been who sleep in Him' be raised
taught the Thessalonians. Yet when God brings them to
their ultimate anticipation is not heaven with Jesus at His
just that of being raised, but Parousia" (ibid).
that of being 'with Jesus' (4:14; In the New Commentary on
cf. 4:17; 5:10). Beyond the Whole Bible (which is based
resurrection this is the upon the classic work by
consummating desire of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown),
Christians. But even more is in we find the following statement
store for Christians. The words in its exegesis of this passage:
'God will bring' point to a "Disembodied souls are not
continuing movement heaven- spoken of; the original Greek
ward after the meeting in the reference is to sleeping bodies
air (vs. 17), until the arrival in awaking and returning."
the Father's presence."
Although this commentary (End of Part One).
perceives our destination to be The Author
"heaven," rather than the new
heavens and earth, neverthe-
less it has correctly perceived
the concept of being brought
with Him to be movement
toward God's presence, rather
than a movement away from
His presence in the company of
Jesus as He leaves the Father's
home to claim His bride. It is
the going home to the Father's Al Maxey is an elder and preacher
at the Cuba Avenue Church of
house with the Bridegroom
Christ, Alamogordo, NM. He has
after the claiming of the bride graciously given us permission to
that is in view, not the bride publish this article from his web
leaving the Father's house with site. Many other interesting articles
the Bridegroom to go collect a on biblical topics can be found at
dead body so some "immortal http://www.zianet.com/maxey/
soul" can be zapped back into topic.htm
it. As this same commentary
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1 Corinthians 15 Outlined There are certain "hard facts"
1 Corinthians 15 is known as
The Resurrection Chapter. Paul upon which this good news is
seeks to prove the resurrection based.The truth of this good
of the dead. He does so first by news is confirmed:
reminding the Corinthians that By the Scriptures (3,4);
foundational to the good newsl By Christ's resurrection
is the fact that Christ rose from appearances to many
the dead (1-11). He questions eyewitnesses (5-7);
the logic of those who would
By the changed lives of the
claim to follow Christ but deny
Apostles, especially Paul (8-11).
the resurrection of the dead
(12-19). He argues from various
“end times” facts and other
goings on to the resurrection
(20-34). He then answers
objections raised against the
idea of a resurrection body (35-
49) and concludes with his own
explanation of the mystery of
the resurrection (50-58).
GOOD NEWS AND HARD
FACTS
Paul's first argument in favour
of a general resurrection is his
argument from the gospel. Paul
reminds the Corinthians of the
gospel (1) which must be
believed on for salvation (2).
The "good news" is that: Paul himself, whose
Jesus is the Christ appointment as an Apostle was
(implied); unusual (8) considered his
changed life (9) and his work
He died for our sins (3); for the gospel (10) confirmation
He was buried (4a); and, of the truth of the message
He was raised on the third which the Corinthians at first
day (4b). believed (11).
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In summary, so far, the gospel THE ARGUMENT FROM
itself testifies to the truth of the THE END TIMES
doctrine of resurrection!
The "first fruits" of the harvest
THE LOGIC OF THE were holy unto God, set aside, a
RESURRECTION sign of the harvest to come.
The logic of Christianity Christ is the firstfruits of the
requires that there be a general resurrection harvest still to
resurrection. Consider for a come (20).
moment, if there is no Through the sin of the first
resurrection what would the man Adam, death entered our
consequences for Christianity world. Now, because we are all
be? (12). descendants of Adam, we all
Christ has not been raised die. Now Christ has been raised
(13); and that makes possible the
resurrection of the dead for
The Apostles preaching is
those who believe (21-22).
useless (14a);
Paul here hints at the
So is the believers faith
sequence of "end times" events:
(14b);
Christ has risen first (23a);
The Apostles are false
witnesses (15-16); Then (after 2000+ years)
we who belong to him will rise
We believers are still in our
at his Coming (23b);
sins (17);
Then (some say after a
Those who have died
1000 year "Millennial Reign")
believing in Christ are lost (18) will be the End (24a);
[notice there is no survival of
the “soul” without resurrection Then, at that time, Christ
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From Death To Life (Volume 1)
Including ...
A Brief History of Conditional immortality and
Answers to Critics (Part 1&2),
Dave Green
A Loving Challenge, Edward
Fudge
A Reformation Crisis Concerning
The Soul: Immortal or Mortal,
(Part 1&2), W. Kilgore
A Review of The Passion of The
Christ, Glenn Peoples
Conditional Immortality: Does It
Matter? Should I Care?
(Conference 2006), D. Burge
Conference 2000 (Editorial), C.
Josephson
Fire and Flood: How The New
Testament Uses The First
Testament To Teach on Final
Punishment (Parts 1 to 4), G. A.
Peoples
Hebrews 12:23 (Twisted Scripture),
D Burge
Hell – A hot Topic (Part 1 to 3), Edward Fudge
Hell, Emotion and the Christian Attitude To Others, G. A. Peoples
Hinduism & Conditional Immortality (Conference 1996), B. J. Hollis (Ching)
How Orthodox Are We? D. Burge
In The Image of God He Created Them: The Call To Be Human, Joel Green
Is Death Better By Far? (Twisted Scripture on Phil. 1:20-24), D. Burge
Jesus is Coming, D. Burge
Just A Reminder: Why Is Conditional Immortality Important? C. Josephson
Matthew 10:28 (Twisted Scripture), D. Burge
On Being Filled With Hope (Conference 1988), D. Dickson
Raised Immortal, D. Burge
Reclaiming The Gospel (Parts 1&2) (Conference 1997), W. Prestige
Saul and The Witch of Endor, W. Rundle
The History of Hell (Parts 1&2), D. Burge
The Intermediate State in Paul (in 14 Parts), C. Josephson
The Life and The Advent (Conference 2005), C. Prestidge
The Resurrection of the Dead (Conference Address 2003), W. Prestidge
Three Pioneers of CI in New Zealand (Conference 2003), D. Dickson
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