Every Woman a Theologian by Phylicia Masonheimer
Week 9: Chapter 8 — Eschatology: What Is the End of the Story?
Read Chapter 8 of Every Woman a Theologian. Key passages: Revelation 21:1–5; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; John 14:1–3; Romans 8:18–25.
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Eschatology — the study of last things — is the chapter of theology that most Christians either ignore entirely or obsess over unhealthily; Masonheimer aims for neither extreme, anchoring our hope in what Scripture clearly promises.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Masonheimer introduces eschatology as the study of 'last things' — death, resurrection, judgment, and the new creation. What has your exposure to end-times teaching looked like? Have you found it fearful, irrelevant, fascinating, or confusing? How did this chapter address your existing experience?
2.She acknowledges that Christians hold different views on the timing and nature of Christ's return (premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism). How does she encourage theological humility on secondary questions while maintaining firm conviction on the core hope — that Christ will return and make all things new?
3.Masonheimer anchors Christian hope not in escaping this world, but in the renewal of it — the new heavens and new earth (Revelation 21). How does the promise of new creation (rather than annihilation of creation) change the way you think about caring for your body, your work, your relationships, and the physical world?