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Why inclusivism makes sense
May 20th, 201010:36 AM ETA couple weeks ago I was arguing for inclusivism, the possibility of being saved by Christ without having heard of Christ. The question has important apologetic purchase, not least because people worry about the fate of those who have never heard. Are they really all lost? Within this discussion it is crucial to distinguish epistemic inclusivism f... -
All I want for Christmas is … a coherent account of the incarnation
December 08th, 200901:22 PM ETThe Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. (John 1:14, The Message) At the core of Christian faith is the doctrine of the incarnation according to which God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, incarnated and became the man Jesus Christ. But what does it mean to say that God became man? Could this really be tr... -
"And if there's life on other planets..." Reflections on God and E.T. (Part 2)
June 21st, 200908:12 PM ETSo on with the question at hand. If aliens landed on the White House lawn tomorrow, what would be the first questions we would be thinking? Here's one: "Got sin?" That is, is it possible that there could be unfallen aliens? Creatures which are intelligent like human beings, but which do not sin? It would seem that it is possible since angels are s... -
Do all Muslims go to hell?
May 29th, 200912:18 PM ETMany Christians answer with a ready "yes" and point to passages like John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." But what does it mean to come to the Father through Christ? In order to explore this question, let's spend a moment contemplating the Rwandan genocide. In three months in 1994 ...
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