Posts with the tag “eschatology”

IntroductionIn The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau criticizes Christians with these words, “Christianity is an entirely spiritual religion, occupied solely with heavenly things; the Christian’s...  Read More

IntroductionThe Bible presents an optimistic eschatology. The Kingdom of the Lord will start small but eventually spread to the whole earth (Mk. 4:30ff). The nations are ruled by the Lord and over tim...  Read More

IntroductionProjecting the future is what scholars refer to as an epistemological pickle. Scripture solves that problem by giving a framework for looking at both history and the future that centers ar...  Read More

IntroductionIn 1952 the minister Norman Vincent Peale published his best-selling book, The Power of Positive Thinking. It sold 2.5 million copies from 1952 – 1956 and serves as one of the pillars of t...  Read More

IntroductionAt the gate that separates life and death is a sanctity that shames seclusion. The joyful fellowship experienced by Christians now is only a preview of what occurs at Christ’s Second Comin...  Read More