Vin Sparks

Tables

Grind (verb) – To perform repetitive tasks over and over in order to attain a goal. Check out the grunt work accomplished here. These tables can be viewed or downloaded for your use as you like. Every occurrence of the Greek word psuche’ rendered in the New Testament (KJV) as “soul” is treated to showContinue reading “Tables”

Questions and Answers

Appendix E BUT WHAT ABOUT…? I can hear them now – some of the Bible scholars I know challenging my argument with a few scriptures that do not seem to fit the premise. At first glance these passages may appear to pose a problem, so I am just going to lay them out on theContinue reading “Questions and Answers”

45 Billion Bodies are Somewhere

Appendix D THE POST-MORTEM TIMELINE Considering the “unhappily” rendered sheol and hades and the co-opting of the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna) to serve as hell, as well as the parable-mistaken-for-real-life story of the Rich Man and Lazarus, we must conclude that hell has no scriptural basis on which to exist and therefore has no claimContinue reading “45 Billion Bodies are Somewhere”

Summing it all Up

Appendix C MAGICIAN’S SMOKE OR PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT Our examination of hell in the Bible revealed plenty of evidence that the existence of such a place is not supported by the scriptures. The argument is so convincing, as a matter of fact, that its going to be difficult to understand how it is that anyone couldContinue reading “Summing it all Up”

Tartarus

Appendix B METAPHOR OR ANGEL THUG LOCKDOWN There is one last Greek word, a noun, rendered “hell” in the New Testament of which we have yet to speak. You will recall that there are three Greek words that were rendered as such: Hades, Gehenna, and Tartarus. I decided to include this discussion in an appendix,Continue reading “Tartarus”

Save Your Breath

Appendix A THE DUST DID NOT EMBODY A SOUL, IT BECAME A SOUL A rapid-fire presentation of quotes from scholars, academics, and theologians (in no particular order): “The ancient Hebrews had no idea of an immortal soul living a full and vital life beyond death. The traditional concept of an immaterial and immortal soul distinctContinue reading “Save Your Breath”

Why it Matters

ACQUIRING AN INFORMED VIEW First let me say that truth always matters. In the two thousand years of the church age, we have seen biblical truth branded as heresy and we have seen grave error advanced as the truth and the swing of that pendulum, in either direction, has had its dire consequences. The recognitionContinue reading “Why it Matters”

May We Steal Your Hell?

THE ROAD TO A PLAGERIZED PERDITION Once again, the post-apostolic church was confronted with intellectual challenges to the young Christian faith. These challenges came in two forms: heresies and the intellectual reaction of paganism. The body of work written by the early church fathers and used to meet the intellectual challenge of the Hellenistic pagansContinue reading “May We Steal Your Hell?”

The Rich Man and Lazarus

PURPLE, FINE LINEN AND FIVE BROTHERS There seems to be a triad of translation/interpretation mishaps regarding the subject of hell in the Bible. First is the “unhappy” rendering (W.E. Vine) of sheol and hades as “hell” in the Old and New Testaments, respectively. Then there is the interpretation of Gehenna (the Valley of Hinnom) asContinue reading “The Rich Man and Lazarus”

Gehenna

THE SONS OF A GARBAGE DUMP Twelve times, the Greek word Gehenna appears in the New Testament manuscript. Twelve times it is rendered either “hell” or “hell fire”, at times, making an interpretive reading problematic. We addressed six of them in the last chapter and found that the context of the passages in question couldContinue reading “Gehenna”