What the Bible Says About the End Times: 5 Essentials

We at RENEW.org suggest a common approach for difficult theological questions like the ones we encounter when thinking about the end times. You might call the approach “bullseye theology.” We look at all teachings in God’s Word through a framework which prioritizes essential, “bullseye” beliefs and moves outward from there.[1] There are essential elements (beliefs […]

If God Is Love, Hell Is Real.

Is hell real? Jesus taught about hell as a real reality for those who persistently reject God. It is a place of separation from God, originally created by God as a place of punishment for the devil and his angels. Although it has become common to assume that a loving God would not send anyone […]

End Times: Five Essentials and Five Views

We at RENEW.org believe that Jesus is coming back to earth in order to bring this age to an end. Jesus will reward the saved and punish the wicked, and finally destroy God’s last enemy, death (1 Cor. 15:26). He will put all things under the Father, so that God may be all in all […]

Thoughts about Hell from Jesus Himself

There are obviously so many channels from which one can learn about the concept of the afterlife. Many world religions teach the concept of a painful afterlife, often deriving the idea of a painful condition due to a life of immoral living and/or the stultification of God. I have treated the idea of the portal […]