Article published in the Phelps County Focus on July 3, 2025. Here’s a teaser:
What happens when we die?
Many, probably most, modern Christians believe that humanity is split between the saved and the damned. They differ on how someone gets saved—whether predestined or by freely accepting Jesus, for example. They differ on what happens to the damned—whether they are annihilated and cease to exist, or are kept alive in eternal conscious torment in a fiery hell. All of these variations are well-supported by scripture.
But I believe in an all-loving God, a just God, a forgiving God. I cannot accept a doctrine that assigns eternal, infinite consequences to our finite time on earth. If you believe in forever, then life is just a blink of an eye. There’s another option, …