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That’s helpful. You believe the real Satan is literally a snake. If I understand you correctly, the Book of Noah is the story of Noah contained in the Book of Genesis and an unnamed angel fell in love with an unnamed woman and (for what reason?) caused the flood. Who or what is the seed of...

Do you believe Satan is literally a snake? Do you believe Satan is literally one specific man named Adam, the husband of one particular woman named Eve? Is the passage speaking generically about a struggle between husbands and wives?

“It may even be that there is a greater danger for nominal Christians to be condemned rather than those who have not heard of Jesus. Jesus said, ‘to whom much is given, much will be required’ and ‘the first shall be last.’ On that basis, Amos wondered why his fellow Israelites were so looking...

“Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.” - Billy Graham

“If I try and bend that far, I’ll break.”

I’m about to finish (re)reading A Wideness in God’s Mercy. I am, and always have been, a slow reader. My mind doesn’t easily move on. I linger on what is said, tend to think deeply about it and remember it for a long time. I can pick up a book I read thirty years ago and remember within a page...

You’re aware then that the Christian church has compiled it and you stand against the Christian Church in regard to that specific issue. I presume your belief on the matter is connected with Chinese mythology. Do you have “the Book of Noah”? In your anti-Christian Church understanding, who...

“Pre-Christian faith is valid up until that moment when Christ is preached, but not afterwards. When Christ is known, the obligation comes into force to believe on him. The unevangelized are expected to receive the Good News when it reaches them. God’s offer becomes an objective obligation at...

Angels are part of God’s creation. Have you been persuaded by the Christadelphian that the devil and the demons aren’t real personalities, rebellious angels?

You may not (I dare say, will not) agree with everything Pinnock says - I don’t, and people who affirm orthodoxy won’t - but he will cause you to think. I don’t know about you but I’m always grateful for those who cause me to think, whether or not I ultimately change my mind to some degree or...

Pinnock offers this for consideration: ”… Jesus spoke about the salvation of the unevangelized in his parable of the last judgment when he says to those on his right hand, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me’ (Mt 25:40). Who are...

Pinnock posits that God - who wants everyone to be saved - is working with people in other religions; the darkness of those religions not being able to overcome the light. ”… it remains true that God’s light shines everywhere in the darkness, and God’s grace precedes all people everywhere...

I’m okay. Just feeling down over @talons accident. Thank you for letting me know about it. @Angelina went out of her way to let me know about it too. I appreciate it and y’all so much.

That’s consistent with what Jesus said (Matthew 7:21-23). What about what he said in Matthew 25:40? Who is he talking about there?

Without going to extremes @Lambano - though Pinnock does in his book - let’s keep it simple. Are there slivers of light in Judaism? Can / should Christians use those slivers to evangelize Jews? Inching out a little further: Are their slivers of light in Islam? Can / should Christians use those...

He rejects it. The subtitle of his book is important: The Finality of Jesus Christ in a World of Religions He isn’t advocating that all religions are equal. He does say that there are slivers of light in other religions, based on the position that God wants all to be saved and hasn’t left the...

Pinnock speaks about “holy pagans” -> people who lived before Judaism and Christianity who had a right relationship with God, absent the information about God which is contained in Judaism and Christianity. It should go without saying but I will - he does not believe that all pagans are holy...

She wasn’t a trinitarian = unbeliever going into the lake of fire (typical evangelical position) vs Pinnock (a trinitarian, who unquestionably believed God is none other than the triune God - which you’ll see when you read his book): She wasn’t a trinitarian but nevertheless had faith in God...