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What Does it Mean to be Good?
Vol. 15, No. 3 • May/Jun 2006
Perhaps I was simply too young to appreciate the absurdist humor of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” the popular television comedy (1968-1973). I never quite understood why the laugh track kicked in whenever Sammy Davis, Jr. shuffled across the screen to the sing-song catchphrase “Here comes the judge.” I still don’t. But the “Laugh-In” writers must […]
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Here Comes the Judge
Perhaps I was simply too young to appreciate the absurdist humor of “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” the popular television comedy (1968-1973). I never quite understood why the laugh track kicked in whenever Sammy Davis, Jr. shuffled across the screen to the sing-song catchphrase “Here comes the judge.” I still don’t. But the “Laugh-In” writers must […]
Hell: The “Minority” View
Editor’s Note: Edward Fudge is an author and practicing lawyer. He advocates the “conditionalist” perspective of hell-that after a period of suffering, the unfaithful will experience a complete extinguishing, or annihilation of existence. For a more comprehensive explanation of the conditionalist view of hell, as contrasted with the traditional view, see Fudge’s book, Two Views […]
Consequences
How many movies have you watched recently in which hell was considered a possible destiny for the departed? Probably not many. And when was the last time you heard a radio or TV preacher say that on the cross Christ endured the wrath of God? Probably a long time ago. Although a majority of Americans […]
Appearing Before God Without a Lawyer
We the People is one of those do-it-yourself legal service operations. Marketers advertise it with sayings such as “Divorces for only $19.95.” Their motto is “No lawyers-save money.” The owners recently sold this business for more than 10 million dollars. I am sure they simply relied on their $19.95 business sale package forms to handle […]
What Does It Mean to be Good?
One of the most important tools essential for proper biblical interpretation, or indeed for the interpretation of any book at all, is to recognize that not all words are used exactly the same way in every instance. This principle is not difficult to master, because it is regularly and intuitively understood. When, for example, someone […]
How Do We Become Good?
For some time theologians and commentators have debated the central theme of the Book of Romans. Is Paul primarily concerned with the big picture of redemptive history and how the appearance of Jesus at the critical moment in the story alters the way in which the people of God enter the covenant-through faith and not […]
