What happens when you die? This is such a big question for all of us. Do we go somewhere like heaven or hell? Do we stay on earth as a disembodied spirit? Or are we unconscious? My guest today is Warren Prestidge of New Zealand, who contends that we should embrace the biblical language of the sleep of the dead. The idea--often called conditional immortality--is that immortality is not automatic or innate, but conditioned on resurrection.
Prestidge is a retired Baptist pastor, living in Auckland, NZ. He has degrees in English and Theology. As well as pastoring churches in Auckland for over 30 years, he has lectured at the Bible College of NZ and Tyndale College. He has also served as a pastor in UK and, for two years, as a Bible college director in the Philippines. He has been married for over 50 years and has three sons and six grandchildren. He continues to preach and also to work with the Conditional Immortality Association of NZ.
He has had an impact on me through his book, Life, Death and Destiny, which both lays out a biblical case for the sleep of the dead and offers solid explanations for confusing texts.
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