Recently, I spoke at a conference on the subject of my recent book by Free Grace Press, The Doctrine of Last Things: An Optimistic Amillennial View. Following up my lectures on the “Two Ages” (See my book, chapters 3-5.), there was a Q&A in which I answered questions submitted in writing before the Q&A.
Paradise is hardly a fitting word for a place, however pleasant, which keeps people out of God’s glorious presence. But it is the perfect word for the heavenly place of full communion between God and his saints, Eden restored and perfected.
I object to the teaching that deceased Old Testament saints were confined in Sheol prior to Christ’s death and resurrection.
When we read our English Bibles, we must remember that the word hell is one English word used to translate various Hebrew and Greek words.
As Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary reflects on 2025, the year stands as a profound milestone: two decades of training men for the gospel ministry. The Lord has grown CBTS into a robust institution for confessional theological education, and this is to the praise of God alone.
Due to the Roman Catholic leaders’ equivocation regarding hell being populated by the lost, Reformed Baptists cannot affirm, partner, nor worship in or with members of the Roman Catholic Church. We may both profess the Nicene Creed, but we do not hold to the same meaning.
The Catholic Church teaches baptismal regeneration, but Reformed Baptists reject that doctrine. Instead, the Holy Spirit regenerates by the Word and not by the water.
I am with John Knox who declared the Mass to be idolatry. Catholics worship the bread and wine rather than Jesus Christ whom the bread and wine represent.
For the honor of our Lord and Savior, we must condemn the Papacy and put our hope in Jesus. He alone is the head and sustainer of His bride—the church.
Roman Catholics confess the Nicene Creed too, but they mean something different than we Reformed Baptists. While confessing Jesus’ deity, they simultaneously treat Mary as if she is a god whom we should worship.
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