Developments in Christian Thought

1. Insight: Death and the Afterlife Beliefs, teachings and ideas about human life, the world and ultimate reality. 1.1 Content •…

What happens when we die? On what basis are human beings to experience the afterlife – our faith, our actions, or…

The following question was asked in the sample paper 2017. As it cannot recur in this exact form again, we haven’t…

The Idea of Resurrection Those raised on the traditional view of the afterlife as a choice between heaven and hell might…

Colour code:  Blue – Your argument   Red – Argument against Orange – Critical analysis Bold – Scholars Christianity has a wide range…

Aimee Horsley has produced an excellent powerpoint on Life After Death which covers elements of this section of the DCT syllabus…

Introduction The Middle Ages was a time of great turmoil, with wars and the Black Death sweeping Europe from 1320-1350. An…

Activity – research the Roman Catholic and Church of England views on the afterlife. Draw up a table distinguishing different features…

The OCR syllabus recommends we study Matthew 25. This passage is problematic for evangelicals who follow the reformation tradition that we…

The OCR syllabus suggest we study the following sections of the Roman Catholic Catechism. I have added a few more clauses…

Revelation 20:2-6 New King James Version (NKJV) 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound…

The Resurrection of Christ 15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you,…

It is said (2 Maccabees 12:46): “It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may…

source Eternal Life in the Gospel of John The core truth is encapsulated in John’s summary of the gospel: “For God…

Here are a useful few paragraphs from the internet encyclopaedia of philosophy summarising John Hick’s view of eternal life – contained…

source: http://www.johnhick.org.uk/jsite/index.php/articles-by-john-hick/18-resurrection John Polkinghorne believes not only that Jesus rose from the dead in a bodily form but also that we…

The following extract discusses whether we can take the Bible literally when it talks (or rather, Jesus talks) of a hell-fire…

VI. THE HOPE OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH 1042 At the end of time, the Kingdom of God…

Was Karl Barth a Universalist? Nein! Was Karl Barth a Universalist? The short answer is No. Barth did not self-identify as a…

There are a number of different views of the afterlife presented in the Bible: Resurrection of the Body (but in what…

source 1997 | Brian G. Mattson “All things whatever arise from, and depend on, the divine appointment; whereby it was foreordained…