Question: Is the soul of man immortal, or does it ceases to exist at death? D. in Crozet, VA.
Answer: The word immortal basically means not liable to death, undying, or deathless. There is a debate both within the church and without about whether the soul is immortal. At the time of physical death, do we continue to exist or not? To truly understand this issue, we need to first understand what we mean by death.
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Earth Versus the Flying Saucers
It all began on an ordinary day in June of 1947. The pilot of a small plane named Kenneth Arnold saw some unusual objects flying near Mt. Ranier in Washington state. They were not circular in shape—actually more crescent-like. But he described their motion as being like saucers skipping over the surface of the water. Later, this would result in people calling these objects “flying saucers.” Thus was born not only a new entry in our popular vocabulary, but a cultural phenomenon.
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Question: Does the Bible teach reincarnation? For example, wasn’t John the Baptist the reincarnation of Elijah?
My Answer: A brief answer is simply, no. But let’s explore this a little bit. Continue reading
In the history of religion Judaism, Christianity and Islam are considered the three Abrahamic faiths. The idea is that there is a continuity between the three different religions that can be traced back to the legacy of Abraham and the early Hebrews. For this reason, so the argument goes, all three religions are basically differing expressions of the same faith. So this means that all three religions actually worship the same God. The Yahweh of the Jews is really the same deity as the God/Jehovah of the Christians, who is in turn no different than the Allah of the Muslims. But is this really true? Continue reading
I remember a Good Friday several years ago when my wife and I went to see the Christian film entitled The Case for Christ. This is the true story of Lee Strobel, a Chicago crime reporter whose world turned upside down when his wife became a Christian. Before this, they were both avowed atheists. Strobel decided that the only way to win his wife back to reason was to disprove Christianity. And the way to do this was to disprove the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as an historical event. The film traces Strobel’s investigation into the nature and evidence about the Resurrection. It is an excellent film, which I highly recommend. Continue reading
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