Tom Peters

About Tom Peters

The author received a degree in accounting from Duquesne University and a law degree from the University of Michigan. He went on to practice law as a partner at an international law firm before retiring some years ago. As an undergraduate, the author took a summer course in New Testament Greek, prompting a lifelong interest in the subject. The author enjoys taking long walks in the nearby woods, playing the violin, and studying modern languages, one of which, German, interested readers will soon see, came in handy in researching and writing this note.

Judgment Seat of Christ—In Rebuttal

Dec 30, 2024

Photo Credit: “Court Gavel – Judge’s Gavel – Courtroom” by weiss_paarz_photos is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. I have received various well-meaning criticisms and objections to the series of articles that I have posted on this blog regarding the correct translation of 2 Cor. 5:10, a passage generally referred to as the Judgment Seat of Christ. To refresh your memories, the text, with special attention to the subordinate clause, reads in Greek as follows (shared text of UBS5...

The Final Judgment: Should Believers Be Concerned?

Dec 20, 2024

Photo Credit: “Anxiety” by Micheal Saisi is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. I have recently come across an interesting article in the form of a research paper submitted for course requirements at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2022 entitled simply The Final Judgment. The article was written by Jeffrey Perry and can be found at the following link: https://www.academia.edu/81015839/The_Final_Judgement?email_work_card=view-paper. Mr. Perry states the premise for this short article in the first paragraph, which is quoted here in full:...

A Brief Conversation Among Disembodied Spirits Residing in the Intermediate State

Dec 16, 2024

Photo credits: “Wait Here: Entrance to the waiting room at the municipal airport, in Washington, D.C. 1941” by polkbritton is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. These four spirits shed their earthly names when they shed their earthly bodies. They are awaiting their new names that Christ will give them “at the end of the age.” They are herein identified by letters. A: He is a layman who through most of his adult life diligently read and studied...

The Bottom Line: What does a correct understanding of 2 Cor. 5:10 mean for each of us in particular, and for the spread of the Good News of the Gospel generally?

Nov 22, 2024

Psalm 143:10 (ESV): Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! Has the Gospel message over the years been delivered on smooth and level ground? In other words, has the message been simple, understandable, and direct? I would suggest that it has become overly complicated and jumbled, full of unnecessary twists and turns and rough spots. For example, we have raging debates on the role of works in salvation, speculation about what happens between when...

A Suggestion for Future Commentators on 2 Corinthians

Nov 11, 2024

Photo credit: “inside the library (1)” by Joelk75 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Some scholars currently working on new commentaries to 2 Corinthians and others updating older ones have expressed some interest in the series of articles I have posted on this blog concerning the proper translation of 2 Cor. 5:10, namely the subordinate clause. Since the grammar of this passage has never been rigorously examined by any commentator as far as I know, and only touched...

Christian Nationalism with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)

Oct 30, 2024

In this episode we’re joined by Professor Sam Perry, who is Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma is the Department of Sociology and the author of several books, including two on the topic of Christian Nationalism, Taking America Back for God (with Andrew Whitehead, published by Oxford University Press), and The Flag and the Cross (with Philip Gorski, published by Oxford University Press). In this episode, Professor Perry talks about Christian Nationalism as an...

Beyond the Current Confusion toward a Coherent and Scripturally Sound View of the Final Judgment

Oct 21, 2024

This note contends that telescoping all final judgment of both believers and non-believers alike before one final apocalyptic tribunal at the end of the age following Christ’s return has yielded a number of unfortunate consequences, which include: (1) creating an unnecessary tension between the doctrines of judgment according to works and salvation by faith; (2) scripturally fabricating the need for some form of a completely unnecessary Intermediate State following one’s physical death; (3) minimizing and...

A Quick Summary in Plain English Why the Conventional Translation of 2 Cor. 5:10 is So Wrong, and Possible Reasons Why It Has Nonetheless Held Up For So Long

Oct 5, 2024

Photo Credit: “Courtroom” by ☺ Lee J Haywood is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Here is the Greek text of this verse, with the crucial subordinate clause in italics. Don’t worry if you don’t know Greek. You’ll be able to follow along anyway. The key words are in bold print. τοὺς γὰρ πάντας ἡμᾶς φανερωθῆναι δεῖ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κομίσηταιἕκαστος τὰ διὰ τοῦ σώματος πρὸς ἃ ἔπραξεν, εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φαῦλον. Readers might be surprised...

Book Review and Essay on The Role of Works at the Final Judgment, edited by Alan P. Stanley.

Sep 28, 2024

Four Views On the Role of Works at the Final Judgment. Edited by Alan P. Stanley. Counterpoints: Bible and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. Paperback ISBN: 0310490332. Contains contributions by Robert N. Wilkin, Thomas R. Schreiner, James D. G. Dunn, Michael P. Barber, and Alan P. Stanley. Here, in this well-conceived 275-page book (page numbers are from the Kindle edition which roughly approximates the print version), four prominent scholars advance different views on the role...

The Transfiguration of Christ: A Book Review with Reflections on Judgment

Sep 20, 2024

In his wonderfully fascinating new book, The Transfiguration of Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Reading, by Patrick Schreiner (Baker Academic 2024), Dr. Schreiner demonstrates in minutely researched detail how the transfiguration of Christ reveals Christ’s preexistent glory, while also foreshadowing his messianic function of bringing about a transformed and reworked creation in which heaven and earth are united, and in which everything in this broken world will be set right. Professor Schreiner’s main point (page...

About Tom Peters

Judgment Seat of Christ—In Rebuttal

The Final Judgment: Should Believers Be Concerned?

A Brief Conversation Among Disembodied Spirits Residing in the Intermediate State

The Bottom Line: What does a correct understanding of 2 Cor. 5:10 mean for each of us in particular, and for the spread of the Good News of the Gospel generally?

A Suggestion for Future Commentators on 2 Corinthians

Christian Nationalism with Professor Sam Perry (Podcast)

Beyond the Current Confusion toward a Coherent and Scripturally Sound View of the Final Judgment

A Quick Summary in Plain English Why the Conventional Translation of 2 Cor. 5:10 is So Wrong, and Possible Reasons Why It Has Nonetheless Held Up For So Long

Book Review and Essay on The Role of Works at the Final Judgment, edited by Alan P. Stanley.

The Transfiguration of Christ: A Book Review with Reflections on Judgment

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