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Postmortem Opportunity: A Biblical and Theological Assessment of Salvation after Death is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of Jesus’ most basic commands to his disciples was to tell the world about the good news of his life, death, and resurrection. From the earliest days of the church, Christians have embraced this calling. But for those Christians who emphasize the need for an active response to the gospel in order to be saved, this raises some difficult questions: What about those who did not hear the gospel...

infants who are about to die are given the full consciousness and cognitive capabilities of an adult, and that allows them to make the decision to accept God’s gift of salvation.38 This opportunity to hear and respond, of course, is not postmortem, but neither is it in the normal course of the earthly experience of the person. So perhaps it is best to describe this view as a “postvita” (after life) opportunity.39 In the coming chapters, I will argue that the assumption that death is the end of salvific
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