Extract Matthew 25 Parable of Sheep and the Goats
The OCR syllabus recommends we study Matthew 25. This passage is problematic for evangelicals who follow the reformation tradition that we…
Read MoreExtract John Hick on Eternal Life – a Summary
Here are a useful few paragraphs from the internet encyclopaedia of philosophy summarising John Hick’s view of eternal life – contained…
Read MoreExtract Is there a Literal Place of Hell Fire?
The following extract discusses whether we can take the Bible literally when it talks (or rather, Jesus talks) of a hell-fire…
Read MoreExtract John Hick on Resurrection
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…
Read MorePowerpoint: Life after Death
Aimee Horsley has produced an excellent powerpoint on Life After Death which covers elements of this section of the DCT syllabus…
Read MoreExtract Catholic Catechism Death and the Afterlife
The OCR syllabus suggest we study the following sections of the Roman Catholic Catechism. I have added a few more clauses…
Read MoreSummary: Five Elements of Original Sin
Five elements of Augustine’s theory of Original Sin source: https://www.academia.edu/1958072/St._Augustines_Doctrine_of_Original_Sin?auto=download The five elements of the doctrine of original sin are as follows: (1) The…
Read MoreKey Quotes – Augustine
‘He created them not that they might sin, but that they might add beauty to the whole, whether they willed to…
Read MoreArticle – Augustine, Depravity and the Fall
This article is part of a longer thesis, “From Death to Depravity” by Grace Riverbark to be found online at http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rs_hontheses…
Read MoreExtract – Romans 7:15-20
Romans 7:15-20 New International Version (NIV) In this Chapter in Paul’s letter to the Romans, Paul grapples with the reality of…
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