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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Cascade Books

Year

2014

Print ISBN

9781625645982, 9781498217101

eBook ISBN

9781630871604

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Christian Theology

Title Page
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Abbreviations
Editor’s Introduction
Part 1: Rethinking Hell
Chapter 1: Igniting an Evangelical Conversation
Chapter 2: Introduction to Evangelical Conditionalism
Part 2: Influential Defenses of Conditionalism
Chapter 3: The Final End of the Wicked
Chapter 4: The Nature of Final Destiny
Chapter 5: Judgment and Hell
Chapter 6: The Destruction of the Finally Impenitent
Chapter 7: The Case for Conditional Immortality
Part 3: Biblical Support for Conditionalism
Chapter 8: The Doom of the Lost
Chapter 9: New Testament Teaching on Hell
Chapter 10: Does Revelation 14:11 Teach Eternal Torment?
Chapter 11: The General Trend of Bible Teaching
Chapter 12: Claims about “Hell” and Wrath
Part 4: Philosophical Support for Conditionalism
Chapter 13: Is the Soul Immortal?
Chapter 14: Divine Justice
Chapter 15: Divine and Human Punishment in the New Testament
Chapter 16: A Kinder, Gentler Damnation?
Chapter 17: The Future of the Totally Corrupt
Part 5: Historical Considerations
Chapter 18: The Development of Gehenna between the Old and New Testaments
Chapter 19: Conditionalism in the Early Church
Part 6: Conditionalism and Evangelicalism
Chapter 20: Hell and Evangelical Unity
Chapter 21: Diverse Christian Beliefs about Life beyond Death
Chapter 22: Equally Orthodox Christians
Appendix: Recommended Reading for Further Study
Bibliography

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