Entries from February 2009

February 27, 2009

Tom Wright’s Hell

Some cursory personal comments on a subject that deserves much better.
For nine years I have believed in conditional immortality. Eternal life is a gift which God gives to those who love him. For those who don’t want to be a part of his kingdom, life ends. It’s the only way to make sense of the [...]

February 3, 2009

2009 Anabaptist Conference : New Monasticism

I was at the Anabaptism and New Monasticism conference in Melbourne from 23-26 January. The speakers were all associated with intentional Christian communities and ‘New Monastic’ to lesser or greater extents; the term isn’t one any of the groups had consciously adopted.
I want to share my impressions of four Melbourne communites who spoke (there were [...]