I have believe that their are degrees of punishmnet in Hell, which I think is important in our understanding of punishment. The following is a quote from Millard Erickson’s Systematic Theology (p. 1240) “We should observe, finally that Jesus’ teaching suggests that there are degrees of punishment in hell. He upbraided those cities which had witnessed his miracles but failed to repent; “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! .. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it shall be more

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Over the years the issue of perseverance or eternal security of Faith had become more amd more important. I think people need to fight through their doubts becuase eternal security is implied in the Gospel we preach. Read More> see also www.disciplemaking.net

The very reason many contemporary churches embrace pragmatic methodology is that they lack any understanding of God’s sovereignty in the salvation of the elect. They loose confidence in the power of God to use the preached gospel to reach hardened unbelievers. That’s why they approach evangelism as a marketing problem. Their methodology is shaped accordingly. More than 40 years ago, J.I. Packer wrote, “If we forget that it is God’s prerogative to give results when the gospel is preached, we shall start to think that it is our responsibility to secure them. And if we forget that only God can

Over past several years I have been convicted about preaching and the way I study for it. I assume that conservative pastors at times struggle with the demands of life and how they can faithfully carry out the preaching of the whole council of the Word of God. I have an insatiable desire to preach with authority and to constantly improve my communication, but the most important experience I have had about preaching was when someone who was visiting my church told me that they thought I read my sermon. This convicted me. I did not read my sermon; I

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Expositor’s Quote from the Australian Anglican pastorP.J.H. Adam: We all know the saying `A text without a context is a pretext’, whichpoints to the danger of trying to interpret words out of theircontext. However the task of understanding a text in context is morecomplex than many realize. To place a text in context we must identifyits >literary context theological contexthistorical contextcontext in OT or NT theologycontextin God’s progressive revelationcontext in biblical theologyWhen God chose to reveal his saving will in the Bible, he did not use a systematic theology, a dictionary of useful texts, or an anthologyof current debates. He