Hades, Charon, the Great Chasm, and the Biblical Message of the Rich Man and Lazarus When modern Christians read the story of the rich man and Lazarus, we bring two thousand years of Christian teaching and imagery with us. A Greek-speaking person in the first-century Mediterranean world would have brought a very different cultural background.... Read more »
A Biblical Examination of Death, Judgment, Resurrection, and the Last Day Christians have long asked what happens between a person’s death and the final resurrection. A common answer is that the soul enters an intermediate state and consciously remains there while earthly history continues until the future resurrection and Judgment Day. This article considers whether... Read more »
Did the New Testament Borrow Greek Mythology? The New Testament was written in Greek, a language that had been used for centuries before the apostles wrote Scripture. Words such as Hades already had meanings and cultural associations familiar to Greek speakers. This raises an important question. When the New Testament uses the word Hades, is... Read more »
Hades, Charon, the Great Chasm, and the Biblical Message of the Rich Man and Lazarus When modern Christians read the story of the rich man and Lazarus, we bring two thousand years of Christian teaching and imagery with us. A Greek-speaking person in the first-century Mediterranean world would have brought a very different cultural background.... Read more » 
