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Second Coming, Dogma, clarity

The Opening Act for the Second Coming

Deacon Greg Lambert November 15, AD2021 5 Comments

We’ve all been there. Waiting patiently for the main attraction, while enduring the musings of a ho-hum lesser-known act. As a kid, watching the Dancing

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Last Judgment, punishment

The Four Last Things: A Topography

Scott Davis January 7, AD2021 1 Comment

The four last things: Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven. These are the things that our souls are progressing toward daily, as our earthly life moves

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flame, fire, candle, purgatory

The Fires of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory: Are They Exactly The Same?

Greg Chrysostom November 22, AD2019 7 Comments

Say the words “afterlife” and “fire”, and I’d bet that ninety-nine out of a hundred will automatically think, “Hell”. But why? Consider the vision of

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“Last Things:” C. P. Snow Revisited

Bob Kurland June 2, AD2018 1 Comment

  For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the

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