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A Traditionalist Response to John Stott’s (and others’) Arguments for Annihilationism
The title of this blog post refers to an interesting article by Robert A. Peterson, who was (and I believe still is) professor of systematic theology at Covenant Theological Seminary. (Here is a link to the article.) The arguments answered include the following: 1. The “Vocabulary of Destruction” Argument2. The Hell-Fire Imagery Argument3. The Justice…
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Supplement Response to Chris Date on Result Nouns
This post is heavily reliant (to the point that it would be plagiarism if I did not give full credit) on Adam Blauser’s comment in the previous post. First, he provided an article that states: Deverbal nouns that allow a result interpretation often allow an event interpretation too. In order to separate the different meanings…
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Punishment is a Deverbal Manner Verb – Response to Chris Date
In his constructive speech (in a recent debate with Joshua Whipps), Mr. Date alleged that noun “punishment” is a “deverbal result noun.” He stated: Linguists call this a deverbal result noun: a noun referring to the results of its corresponding verb. He cites no authority for this contention. The noun “punishment” is a deverbal noun,…
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Annihilationism / "Conditionalism" Debate
I recently debated the topic of Annihilationism in the specific form of “Conditionalism.” The debate can found in two sections (link to first part)(link to second part). Thanks very much to Chris Date (the moderator) as well as to Ronnie (my opponent) for this debate. To God be the Glory!
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Debate Announcement – Conditionalism Debate
Lord willing, I will be debating Ronnie of Consuming Fire on the topic of what he calls “Conditionalism” (Debate announcement and chance to submit “audience questions” here.), which evidently holds to the idea that those in hell will eventually be consumed by the fire there (leading others to describe it as “annihilationism”). To God be…