What Lewis Had Wrong about Hell
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“Despite my love both for Lewis and The Great Divorce, this is a prime example of how his views on hell have had a negative influence on the doctrine of eternal punishment.” - Ref21
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Despite my love both for Lewis and The Great Divorce, this is a prime example of how his views on hell have had a negative influence on the doctrine of eternal punishment.” - Ref21
“The phrase is rare, but it does appear twice in the OT. In Isaiah 44.23 it appears in contrast with heaven: “Sing O ye heavens; … shout, ye lower parts of the earth.” Here it clearly means the earth as distinguished from heaven; grammarians would call this a ‘genitive of apposition’—’ye lower parts, that is to say, the earth.’” - Olinger
“56% of Americans believe hell is a real place where certain people will be punished forever. Belief in the biblical place of judgment has been steady since 2014 in the biennial study.” - Lifeway
“The Judge of all the earth will surely do what is right. No innocent person will ever suffer at His hand.” - Ligonier
“In this video, I discuss the seriousness of sin, the need for justice, and what orthodox Christians believe about the doctrine of hell.” - Russell Moore
“She asked, ‘Why has my youth leader never told me about hell?’ With tears in her eyes she told me that she had never heard about the theology of hell and the urgency and responsibility of rescuing her friends from this coming judgment. She was upset that her youth leader never told her about it.” - Church Leaders
“Hell is not horrible due to alleged implements of torture or its temperature. (After all, it is described variously in Scripture as ‘outer darkness’ and a ‘lake of fire.’) Whatever the exact nature of this everlasting judgment, it is horrible ultimately for one reason only: God is present.” - Michael Horton
This is a formal statement from an organization called “Rethinking Hell!” This organization explains “our position in the Evangelical debate on Hell is that of Conditional Immortality, which holds that believers will receive the reward of immortality, while others will finally be destroyed (annihilated).” Below, you can read the group’s formal statement (also available to view on its website and to
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