Episode 1: Bring Me to Life

Published: July 29, 2010, 8:13 p.m.

b'This is the inaugural episode of the Theopologetics Podcast. The topic is the general resurrection of all the dead, which I use to introduce myself and what this podcast is all about. Related is a seeming ignorance of the doctrine in American Evangelicalism, which instead focuses on \\u201cheaven\\u201d as a place where our spirits go when we die, as well as a refutation of hyperpreterism\\u2019s claim that the resurrection is non-physical and happened in the first century.\\n\\nMusic\\n\\nEvanescence, Bring Me to Life, from the Fallen album, 2003\\nDaft Punk, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, from the Discovery album, 2001\\n\\nMy Blogs\\n\\nOn theology and apologetics: http://www.theopologetics.com\\nOn competitive powerlifting: http://chrisdatepower.blogspot.com\\n\\nPromoted Resources\\n\\nThe Preterist Podcast, with Dee Dee Warren.\\n\\nCheck out the episode I guest-hosted, \\u201cKicking Some Left Behind Pt. 5\\u2013Jesus, the Not-So Master Communicator.\\u201d\\nI am also a guest author Dee Dee\\u2019s The Preterist Blog, and she has a ton of eschatological study material available at The Preterist Site.\\n\\n\\n\\nTerminology\\n\\nEschatology: a part of theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history\\nTheology:study of divine things or religious truth, often referring generally to one\\u2019s set of beliefs, doctrines and teachings\\nApologetics: the branch of theology concerned with the defense and rational justification of Christianity\\nPreterism: the orthodox view that most of the biblical prophecies concerning the so-called \\u201cend times\\u201d were fulfilled in our past\\nHyperpreterism: the heretical view that all biblical prophecies were fulfilled in our past including the Second Coming and resurrection\\nOrthodox: in agreement with the Church through history concerning those things which are essential to the Christian faith\\nHeresy: the denial of essentials of the faith on which the Church has united through history; a view which does so is called \\u201cheretical\\u201d or \\u201cunorthodox\\u201d\\nCreed: an authoritative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief\\n\\nHistorical References\\nCreeds\\n\\nApostle\\u2019s Creed\\n\\u201cRule of Faith\\u201d cited by Irenaeus\\nAthanasian Creed\\n\\nChurch Fathers on the Resurrection\\n\\nPolycarp: Epistle to the Philippians\\nChurch of Smyrna: Martyrdom of Polycarp\\nTertullian: On the Resurrection of the Flesh\\nAthenagoras: On the Resurrection of the Dead\\nAugustine: Exposition on Psalm 63, Exposition on Psalm 30, quoted in General Resurrection (Catholic Encyclopedia)\\n\\nBiblical References\\n\\nOn the importance of a correct view of the resurrection\\n\\n2 Timothy 2:16-18\\n\\n\\nOn \\u201cheaven\\u201d (the \\u201cintermediate state\\u201d where our spirits go when we die)\\n\\n2 Corinthians 5:6-8\\nPhilippians 1:22-23\\n2 Timothy 4:6\\n2 Peter 1:14\\nLuke 16:19-31\\nLuke 23:42-43\\nRevelation 6:9-11\\n\\n\\nOn death as \\u201csleep\\u201d\\n\\nDaniel 12:2\\nIsaiah 26:19\\nJob 14:12\\n1 Corinthians 15:51\\nJohn 11:11-14\\n1 Thessalonians 4:14\\n\\n\\nOn the resurrection of the dead\\n\\nJesus taught it\\n\\nMatthew 22:23-32\\nLuke 14:12-14\\nJohn 5:28-29\\nJohn 6:39-40,44,54\\n\\n\\nJesus\\u2019 listeners expected it\\n\\nJohn 11:21-24\\n\\n\\nPharisees expected it\\n\\nActs 23:6-8\\nActs 24:14-15\\nActs 26:4-8\\n\\n\\nApostles taught it\\n\\n1 Corinthians 15\\nPhilippians 3:8-11,20-21\\n2 Corinthians 4:13-14,5:1-4\\n1 Thessalonians 4:13-17\\n2 Peter 3:13\\nRomans 8:22-23\\n\\n\\nJohn\\u2019s vision of the future depicts it\\n\\nRevelation 20:4-6,11-15\\n\\n\\nOld Testament hints at it\\n\\nJob 19:26\\nDaniel 12:2-3,13\\nIsaiah 26:19\\n1 Samuel 2:6'