• When God Feels Distant

    I haven’t written anything since last Thursday. Ironically, the last article I wrote was about restoration. If you read The Death of Death, you may remember that I actually wrote about the prodigal son. I was making a theological argument about death and pointed out that the father described his son as “dead” while he…


  • The Death of Death: Where Three Years of Studying Judgment, Fulfillment, and Restoration Have Led Me

    I have put off writing this article for a long time. Not because I haven’t studied this subject, but because I have. For about three years now, I have wrestled with Eternal Conscious Torment in one form or another. I’ve read the Scriptures. I’ve studied the original words. I’ve gone back into the Old Testament.…


  • An Open Letter to Christians Still Waiting

    An Open Letter to Christians Still Waiting ​Dear fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who adhere to a futurist/dispensational view of the Scriptures, ​ Before you decide whether you agree or disagree with me, I’d like to tell you how I got here. I wasn’t looking for a new theology. I wasn’t trying to challenge…


  • What If 2 Peter 3 Was Never About the End of the World? 

    What If 2 Peter 3 Was Never About the End of the World?  Growing up, this was a phrase I heard all my life:  “Ashton, God is going to rapture us out of here, and we’re going to rule and reign with Him for 1,000 years and help Him slay all the wicked people. Then…