Hell - A Final Word
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Hell - A Final Word

The Surprising Truths I Found in the Bible

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Hell - A Final Word

The Surprising Truths I Found in the Bible

About this book

Today, hell is a front-burner topic, thanks to media attention stirred by mega-pastors Rob Bell, Francis Chan, and others. But, between the sxtremes of universal salvation and everlasting torment, there shines a third view, known as annihilationism or conditional immortality, claiming the most biblical support of all. Now the man whose 500-page book, The Fire That Consumes, helped ignite the scholarly debate thirty years ago brings this exciting alternative viewpoint to the everyday reader in simple form. And--the story behind the book is now the subject of a feature film, "Hell and Mr. Fudge," due to releaswe in theatres in 2012 (and starring Mackenzie Astin and Kerri Lynn Pratt; see www.hellandmrfudge.com.While relating his own personal journey in understanding the nature of hell, Fudge leads the reder through the whole Bible to see what we have missed, then through church history to understand the origin of the other two views. Here are the basics: Life is short. Death is sure. Judgement is certain. Hell is real. And when John 3:16 says the options are eternal life or perish, we can take that at face value.At the end of the world, the good and bad aloke are raised to face judgement. The righteous enjoy eternal life with God; the lost are sentenced to hell. But the God who gave his Son to die for sinners does not keep them alive forever to torment them without end. Instead, those in hell suffer such precise pains as divine justice may require, in a process that ends in extinction. This is the second death, the wages of sin. Eternal punishment is eternal destruction.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. My invitation to you
  8. 1 Hell fire and hell fear
  9. 2 Enlarging the conversation
  10. 3 A primer on hell
  11. 4 Which hell do we mean?
  12. 5 Tough minds and tender hearts
  13. 6 Who goes to hell?
  14. 7 Will Davy burn forever?
  15. 8 Can we even talk about justice?
  16. 9 A nerdy kid and his courses
  17. 10 Exciting to walk by faith
  18. 11 The bottom falls out
  19. 12 An offer too good to refuse
  20. 13 A research project begins
  21. 14 Surprising pictures of divine justice
  22. 15 Two surprising previews
  23. 16 Prophetic Surprises: Broken pottery & battlefield victims
  24. 17 Prophetic Surprises: Unburied bodies
  25. 18 Prophetic Surprises: Total burnup
  26. 19 Four centuries
  27. 20 The Apocrypha
  28. 21 Rabbis, scrolls, and not-reallys
  29. 22 What did jesus actually say?
  30. 23 Why can’t words mean what they say?
  31. 24 Surprise: Perish and destroy can mean just that
  32. 25 Surprise: Teeth gnashing means anger, not pain
  33. 26 Surprise: Talking not the same as doing
  34. 27 Eternal punishment
  35. 28 Eternal (capital) punishment
  36. 29 Surprise: Eternal fire destroys forever
  37. 30 The Rich man and Lazarus (1)
  38. 31 The Rich man and Lazarus (2)
  39. 32 James, the brother of jesus
  40. 33 Where did hell go in the book of Acts?
  41. 34 Peter’s preaching of judgment
  42. 35 Paul’s preaching of judgment
  43. 36 Paul’s writings
  44. 37 Hebrews: Traitors beware
  45. 38 Beware of counterfeits: 2 Peter & Jude
  46. 39 John: Life or death
  47. 40 The lake of fire introduced
  48. 41 Unholy trio meet the lake of fire
  49. 42 Death and Hades annihilated
  50. 43 The lake of fire is human second death
  51. 44 Personal struggle
  52. 45 Refreshing our memories
  53. 46 Tertullian: Plato joins the church
  54. 47 Connecting the dots
  55. 48 Providential— Press and more
  56. 49 Doors open for the word
  57. 50 An evangelical climate change
  58. 51 By the greater weight
  59. For further study
  60. A most surprising quiz on hell
  61. Check your answers by the bible
  62. Endnotes