Archive for the ‘Who can be Saved?’ Category

If there is a God he would be better described as an Enormous Mirror. The dumber the people, the dumber the god. This notion has been continuously reinforced my entire life. Some of my professors have such a transcendent unparalleled God that they claim no concrete knowledge, per say, about him. or Barth’s concept of Divine Freedom – [...]

Selah, a potential leader of this particular Bedouin tribe explained to me, “Allah will only care about whether you were a good man or not. If you are a Muslim and but not a good person, why would Allah accept you? If you are not a Muslim but you are a good man, why would Allah not [...]

Being in Jerusalem was an interesting experience for several reasons. i was hoping to get a feeling, to be moved by the historical reality of where i was standing. My entire life has been Christianity – taking it to the point of graduate studies. But since the age of 20 or so, i have been [...]

What about…

Posted: December 3, 2006 in Who can be Saved?
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In regards to WHO CAN BE SAVED, theologically. Are humans truly in control of their eternity/salvation, or is God’s grace actually as great as we think it is, as boundless and loving as we claim it to be? “It will see man carried, like an obstinate child in the arms of its mother, by what God [...]

Saved without Faith

Posted: December 3, 2006 in Who can be Saved?
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“If, on the one hand, we conceive salvation as something specifically Christian, if there is no salvation apart from Christ, if according to Catholic teaching the supernatural divinization of man can never be replaced merely by good will on the part of man but is necessary as something itself given in this earthly life; and [...]