Conference Update

There have been few new blog posts because I've been busy researching and writing for the paper I'll be presenting at the upcoming conference hosted by rethinking hell which is now only days away. I'm very excited to be a part of this gathering of some of the greatest thinkers and authors on the subject alive today. I wanted to share a bit about my paper and how it relates to my posts about hell on this blog.

My paper will be presented during a breakout session this Friday. The paper is titled: Toward a Charitable Epidemic of Amendments: Viral Change and the Hope for Diversity on the Nature of Hell. The write up explains it well: "This paper will examine possible ways and means to promote openness within Christian institutions such as universities, churches, organizations to various views on final judgement." The paper is, in a way, an extension of what I have been doing on this blog.

I have been making a consorted effort to blog as neutrally as I can on all three views and to present them fairly. One of the main goals is for each view to be heard and understood for what it is and not what people perceive it to be. I think one of the best ways to do that is to call out the misinformation and present the truth, or at least a clear alternative perspective. This extends beyond the main three views to the subject as a whole. In fact, most of the posts have not been about the views themselves so much as they have covered subjects such as the gates of hades, the intermediate state, etc. I will be blogging my thoughts about the sessions I attend during the conference as well as sharing some ideas from my own paper as I'm able.

Blog Merger

In August, 2011, I started a blog on the gospel and wrote many articles, pointed to resources, etc.I wrote a fair amount on it in phases, but I didn't have the drive to only write about one subject forever. This year I decided to start writing more again because I if I want to be a writer I have to actually write (duh!). When I went to start another blog I made the choice to simply relaunch one that I had started year ago under my own name. I deleted all previous posts and started over with the freedom to then write and post on whatever subject I wanted.

On Thursday, I looked at my old blog and decided it was best to merge it to this one because it is much easier to have everything in one place and I wanted to expose my previous work to new readers. I may write a few posts on the gospel in the next few weeks among other things to break up the onslaught of posts on the age of the earth, Genesis, etc. I do have a variety of interests so you can expect more hockey as the playoffs get closer and the same goes for Doctor who...maybe even Survivor even though the last three times I brought it up the person I was speaking said the exact same thing: "Is that show still even on?" sigh...yes people...yes it is. It's the only reality show I have any interest in, it was just renewed for two more seasons and it will not die because it's Survivor....although I did watch Mantracker cause that's Canadian and awesome.

Relaunch

This blog is relaunching and should have new content soon. In the meantime, you can check out my other blog on the gospel. Or you can check out some of the other great blogs I read on the right.

Thanks for checking me out.

Jason.