The Narrow Path Ministries

Your observation about the distinction between "reconciled" and "saved" certainly would repay consideration, as I personally expect that there will be many in heaven (due to reconciliation) who never knew the salvation of the saints in Christ during their lifetime. As for your last point, I don't ag...

Some trivia: Phil's dad (John Wickham) was in high school with me, one year behind. He sat in the Bible studies I taught every day at lunchtime. After high school, he was one of the lead guitarists in our band, "New Wine." He was the best lead guitarist I had ever heard. In 1972, he and one other br...

Rick_C,

I have not finished Fudge's book yet, though I certainly will do so. Pinnock says Fudge's book is the "best" one on the annihilationist position.

JC asked: "Steve, is it your view that "gehenna" (as used by Jesus) always referred to the destruction of Jerusalem? How do you interpret its usage in Matthew 10:28?" Yes, I believe that Jesus used "gehenna" the same way that Jeremiah used it (e.g., 19:1-15)—namely, as a reference to the fact that J...

Thanks, Homer. The books I am reading frequently make reference to Shedd's "Dogmatic Theology." I had planned to buy it on Amazon, but it was a little more expensive than some of the other good books on the subject, so I settled for others. However, I am glad to find this online. I appreciate the li...

This gets us off the original topic, but it is worth considering... When I say "spiritual" people, I am not referring simply to church "members" nor to people who claim that they are spiritual. There should be genuinely spiritual people leading the church. If the leaders do not fit this description,...

I have a hard time believing that the Holy Spirit would lead someone in the church to do something in the public worship that other Spirit-filled believers would find controversial. The wisdom of the Spirit ("from above") should be easily differentiated from the wisdom of man ("that does not descend...

Hi Joel, Thanks for the offer. I will PM you that information. I don't think I ever received Jarrod's emails. To tell the truth, I was thinking of you two when I put out the request, and would have been looking for such contact from you or him. Anyway, sometimes people tell me that they sent me emai...

Quote: One side believes that all that is not expressly commanded or necessarily implied in scripture should be forbidden in the assembly. This was the Reformed and Anabaptist position . If one does not take this position, then acceptable Christian worship becomes a matter of human wisdom. There wo...

Hi Joel, I don't remember saying anything against www.theos.org. I do not understand anything at all about the internet, which is why I put out a request for any of our participants who might wish to do so to set up another forum. You are very welcome to set up for us an alternative forum, and I wil...