Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue (Spectrum Multiview Books)
Overview
Some evangelicals believe the wicked will experience perpetual, conscious torment after death. Others argue that the wicked will experience a limited period of conscious punishment and then they will cease to exist. In this book you will find an irenic yet frank debate between two evangelical theologians who present strong scriptural and theological evidence for and against each view. Both make a case that their view is more consistent with Scripture and with the holy and just nature of a loving God.
Robert Peterson defends the traditional view that those who do not have faith in Christ will suffer eternally in hell. Edward Fudge advocates the conditionalist perspective that after a period of suffering, the unfaithful will experience a complete extinguishing, or annihilation, of existence. In addition, each author presents a rebuttal to the viewpoint of the other.
Here is a dialogue that will inform and challenge those on both sides, while impressing on all the need for faithful proclamation of the gospel of deliverance from sin and death.
Top Highlights
“Scripture’s imagery concerning final punishment is more diverse than we have sometimes acknowledged.” (Page 49)
“The most notable characteristic of the dead in the Old Testament is that they are cut off from God” (Page 22)
“The first view is called traditionalism and the second conditionalism or annihilationism” (Page 11)
“But God’s ability to destroy has no limits. It reaches deeper than the physical and further than the present. God can kill both body and soul, forever. Far from lessening the anxiety of sinners, this understanding of Jesus’ words ought to intensify their dread. The words kill and destroy are parallel and interchangeable in this passage.” (Page 43)
“The devouring worm is aided by unquenchable fire that cannot be put out and that therefore continues to destroy until nothing remains. And when that destruction is completed, it will last for all eternity.” (Page 44)
- Title: Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue
- Authors: Edward William Fudge, Robert A. Peterson
- Series: Spectrum Multiview Books
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Hell; Hell › Biblical teaching
- ISBNs: 9780830877577, 9780830822553, 0830822550, 0830877576
- Resource ID: LLS:TWVWSHTHLGCLDLG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:34:45Z