Most religions have the concept of heaven, God’s kingdom, or an afterlife, defined by rewards for their faithful and punishment for others. Those who have done good in this life go to a good place in the next life, while those who don’t measure up go to a bad place. It...

Salvation is one of the big words of the Christian faith. Big in the sense that it carries a great wealth of meaning in its use. Because of this, the word may be and is often used in different ways and at different times, to mean different thing things, and often more...