Rethinking Hell

Rethinking Hell
Author: Christopher Date
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1630871605

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Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death"--an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earl Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell.

The Wicked Shall Be Turned Into Hell

The Wicked Shall Be Turned Into Hell
Author: Pastor David L. Ward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2017-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781389708978

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The message of God's offer of forgiveness is found throughout the pages of the Bible. One of the clearest Old Testament presentations is found in Second Chronicles, ..".if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" We are given a choice. God has given us warnings that He will judge sin. He has given us examples of where He has judged sin. However, He has also provided the way that we can be judged righteous and have eternal life. Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins when He died on a cross for you and me. Whether we face God's judgment as so many of the people of the Old Testament did, or forgiven of our sins and inherit eternal life, the choice is yours. Will we choose to come to Jesus Christ and gain eternal life, or reject Him and be judged with eternal punishment? We each must choose and now is the time to choose.