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Article standard
Major articles should normally aim for 1,800 to 2,200 words. They are written for Bible college students and serious theologically minded Christians, with enough depth to be useful and enough clarity to remain readable.
Current articles
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Why I Currently Lean Toward Annihilationism — A personal and biblical explanation of why I currently find annihilationism, or conditional immortality, more persuasive than eternal conscious torment.
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What Do Christians Believe About Hell? — A fair introduction to the main Christian views of hell, including eternal conscious torment, annihilationism and universal reconciliation.
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Soul Sleep and the Hope of Resurrection — Why I currently find soul sleep more coherent than the popular idea of a conscious intermediate state, while still holding the question humbly.
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Soft Complementarian, Drifting Egalitarian — A personal reflection on women, men, church leadership and why I am trying to move carefully rather than defensively.
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Science and Faith: Is There Really a Conflict? — A reflection on creation, Scripture, science and whether Christians need to fear honest inquiry into the world God made.
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Post-Trib, Premillennial and No Secret Rapture — A summary of my current end-times view: Christ returns after tribulation, reigns in victory and gathers his people without a separate secret rapture event.
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New Creation, Not Escape: Why Heaven Is Not the Final Destination — A reflection on the new creation hope taught by N. T. Wright, J. Richard Middleton and others: God’s future is not escape from earth, but the renewal of creation.
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Disability and the Image of God — A theological reflection on disability, human dignity and what it means for every person to bear the image of God.
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Christianity in Western Cultures: Australia, America and the Shape of Discipleship — A reflection on how Christianity is lived differently in Western developed countries, especially Australia and the United States.
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Arminian, Calvinist, Provisionist or Molinist? Where I Currently Lean — A humble attempt to explain why I lean away from Calvinism and toward either provisionism or Molinism, while still wanting to represent Calvinist brothers and sisters fairly.