Alexander Pruss's Blog

Some people are attracted to this idea: God gives infinitely many chances for everyone to be saved. At the same time, by and large (with...

On “exemplar” theories of salvation, Christ’s work of the cross saves us by providing a deeply inspiring example of love, sacrifice, or the ...

Consider three cases: Bob doesn’t care either way whether Alice wants to go out with him. And he wants to go out with Alice if she wants t...

A fairly standard libertarian response to the question about how people can freely choose right over wrong in heaven is this: They have a mo...

No one is saved who does not have a love for God in this life. If materialism is true, early human embryos do not have a love for God...

I find it striking and interesting that in the article where Aquinas officially addresses whether the Incarnation is fitting, his argument ...

Plausibly, there is a strong correlation between good deeds and salvation. Both are the fruit of God's grace. If evidential dec...

It is tempting sometimes, when defending a position, to sweep certain cases under the rug, saying they are exceptional, or that they ...

Here are three levels of anti-Pelagianism: No fallen human being can attain personal union (i.e., union of the relevant sort—su...

A theological concept that I haven't seen much recent discussion of, but that strikes me as important, is what I will call ...