- Tue, Feb 09, 2010
- Culture and Worldview
What is your opinion of an adult donating his body for medical research after death? Is this a noble thing, like organ donation?
I have hesitations, but I’m not sure they’re valid.
Resources: resurrection
- Fri, Feb 05, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology
What is faith? Why should I believe in Christianity and not some other religion?
A person may know all the facts of the Bible and believe them to be true and still spend eternity in Hell. A person may believe that God exists, that Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected from the dead. A person can be very religious and still not know Christ.
- Thu, Feb 04, 2010
- Heaven
What do you think about the concept of a body-soul split?
I believe this is a subject of immense importance to our understanding of Scripture. Our Platonic/Gnostic assumptions have skewed our views, shifting them closer to Buddhism and Hinduism than to biblical Christianity, which is centered an actual physical resurrection of not only Christ and people but the earth itself, an earth God called “very good” and has never given up on.
- Wed, Feb 03, 2010
- Heaven
Will God resurrect animals?
There is no indication that animals have eternal souls. However, God is perfectly capable of recreating (not the same as resurrecting) an animal who has died. There's no Scriptural proof, but I wouldn't be surprised if He does that.
For more information on the subject of Heaven, see Randy Alcorn’s book Heaven.
- Wed, Feb 03, 2010
- Heaven
Will infants who die continue to be infants on the New Earth, or will they grow up? Will everyone appear to be the same age at the resurrection?
Will infants who die continue to be infants on the New Earth, or will they grow up? Will everyone appear to be the same age at the resurrection?
- Tue, Feb 02, 2010
- Heaven
Why Is Resurrection So Important?
The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of redemption—both for mankind and for the earth. Indeed, without Christ’s resurrection and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored human beings dwelling on a fully restored Earth—there is no Christianity.
- Fri, Jan 29, 2010
- Heaven
Will we have scars on our resurrection bodies like Jesus has?
Because the price of sin is not just death, but eternal death. No human being can transcend what is eternal, except Christ.
- Mon, Jan 18, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology
Are you familiar with Brian McLaren’s book A New Kind of Christian?
You will hear McLaren's book mentioned with increasing frequency. It's having a wide impact.
- Thu, Dec 31, 2009
- Doctrine and Theology, Heaven
Did Enoch and Elijah receive glorified bodies?
Since Enoch and Elijah did not die, but were taken into Heaven, did they receive glorified bodies? (I’ve also recently read accounts that this is a misinterpretation of Scripture: Did they really not die?)
THE SHORT ANSWER:
Hebrews 11:5 clearly says that Enoch did not die. (“By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him,’ for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”) The same Hebrew verb used in Gen. 5:24 referring to Enoch, is used in talking about ...
- Wed, Dec 23, 2009
- Heaven
After death but prior to the resurrection, what will we be like?
Unlike God and the angels, who are in essence spirits though capable of inhabiting bodies (John 4:24; Heb. 1:14), man is by nature both spiritual and physical (Gen. 2:7).
