Resurrection & Eschatology
Resurrection, judgment, the return of Christ, and the age to come.
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What Paul Actually Teaches in 1 Corinthians 15 “What will our bodies be like in the resurrection? Will we still have bodies at all?” That question is hardly new. Christians have debated the nature of resurrection existence for centuries. Will we possess recognizable bodies? Will we eat, walk, and interact with the physical world? Or…
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Modern Christianity often speaks about salvation as though the central question of the Bible has always been: “What happens to me when I die?” But for most Jews living during the Second Temple period, that was not the primary question. Their question was far larger: “How will God restore His people?” To understand the New…
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Recovering the Resurrection Hope of Early Christianity If you ask the average modern Christian: “What is the ultimate hope of the believer?” most will answer: “Going to heaven when you die.” But there is a serious historical and biblical problem with that answer: That was not the primary message preached by Jesus or the apostles.…
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A Quick Tour Through Theological Anthropology Most people assume they know what a human is because, well… they are one. But Scripture, the early Church, and even ancient Judaism paint a far deeper, stranger, and more beautiful picture than “a soul stuck inside a body until heaven.” If you grew up in modern Christianity, that…
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For the last few decades—let’s be honest, since the Reagan years—whole industries have been built on vanishing pilots, abandoned pets, and conveniently folded clothes. “The Rapture” has become the modern Church’s favorite escape hatch. The only problem: Scripture doesn’t actually teach it. And if it did, you might not want a ticket. The Word That…