Let’s review the first four arguments for annihilation and then discuss the final argument and rebuttal. 1. There are passages (Phil 3:19; 2 Peter 3:7; 1 Thess 5:3 and 2 Thess 1:9) that teach the total destruction of the sinner. 2. “Eternal punishment” (Mt. 25:46) does not refer to eternal conscious suffering but the eternal [...]
Archive for the ‘Hell’ Category
“A recent Newsweek article says, ‘Today, hell is theology’s H-word, a subject too trite for serious scholarship’” (Erwin Lutzer. One Minute After You Die. Chicago: Moody Press, 1997, 97). As politically incorrect as this subject is here are evangelical arguments for annihilation and Scriptural refutations. 1. There are passages (Phil 3:19; 2 Peter 3:7; 1 [...]
Evangelicalism’s Air Conditioned Hell, Part One
Posted: March 7, 2009 in Book Reviews, HellTags: Annihilationism, Clark Pinnock, Conditional Immorality, Erwin Lutzer, George Whitefield, Hell, Madeleine L'Engle, Martin Marty, Origen, The Pew Forum, Tim Keller, Universalism, Wagne Grudem
“Hell disappeared. And No One Noticed” wrote Martin Marty, American church historian. In his Harvard journal article, Marty recorded some of the preaching on hell long ago by Great Awakening evangelist George Whitefield: “George Whitefield spoke of people cast into hell, lifting up their eyes from the burning fiery Tophet that is kindled by the [...]
