Rethinking Hell
Rethinking Hell

Author: Christopher M. Date

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 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.

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Author: Preston Sprinkle

Publisher: NavPress

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1631466119

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Disciple-making is a passion of many, as it should be. It is, after all, our great commission. But much of contemporary discipleship is informed by instinct, and as such it is vulnerable to the whims and trends of the broader culture, which can take us further away from our biblical model and mandate. Drawing on a 2015 Barna Group study of the state of discipleship in the United States commissioned by The Navigators, bestselling author Preston Sprinkle provides a holistic, biblical response for discipleship, providing accessible tools for all those who are engaged in making Christ-followers in the 21st century. Sprinkle points pastors, church leaders, and frankly, all Christ-followers, to a discipleship that is responsive to this most current research and accountable to the model of Jesus and his earliest followers, who counted making disciples as their most important work. In an extremely practical fashion, Go helps us to discern, from the Scriptures and from exemplary disciple-making ministries, what discipleship is and is not, what it has become and what it can still be.

The Doctrine of Endless Punishment
The Doctrine of Endless Punishment

Author: William Greenough Thayer Shedd

Publisher:

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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William G. T. Shedd published this defense of the doctrine of endless punishment in 1885, citing the Biblical references to the realm of Sheol as evidence of the existence of a hellish afterlife for the wicked. As a believer in the existence of hell, Shedd seeks to convince readers of the nature of the afterlife for the sinful. He considered it to be a manifestation of God's will to punish those who do evil upon the Earth, and was moved to defend the doctrine from recent arguments against its existence from authors and preachers of different denominations. Shedd considered mounting a defense of his beliefs to be justified from a moral perspective; God's retribution is to be taken as a form of divine justice. Shedd is often cited as representative of the growth in the Calvinist philosophy of Christianity, which ascended to prominence through the mid- to late-19th century in the USA, as part of a broader revival of Christian beliefs. He was a Presbyterian theologian well-known for his breadth of knowledge; his Biblical commentaries and essays on historical and literary subjects adjacent to the Biblical lore renowned for their exacting depth.

The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan: From the Destruction of Jersualem to the End of the Controversy
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan: From the Destruction of Jersualem to the End of the Controversy

Author: Ellen G. White

Publisher: Yesterday's World Publishing

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781912970070

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"The Lord has shown me that Satan was once an honored angel in heaven, next to Jesus Christ. His countenance was mild, expressive of happiness like the other angels. His forehead was high and broad, and showed great intelligence. His form was perfect. He had noble, majestic bearing. And I saw that when God said to his Son, Let us make man in our image, Satan was jealous of Jesus. He wished to be consulted concerning the formation of man. He was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred. He wished to be the highest in heaven, next to God, and receive the highest honors. Until this time all heaven was in order, harmony and perfect subjection to the government of God."-Ellen G White