Hell! Hell is a subject that is not discussed much in our Churches today. Many have rejected it and try to persuade others that it doen’t exist. Some say “God is too loving to send someone to hell! I say…. God is too loving to force someone to...
The Bible uses several different words and concepts for the place(s) people go to after death. In the Old Testament the word is “Sheol.” Before Jesus’ death and resurrection, unbelievers and believers both went to Sheol. Luke 16 shows that the righteous and...
Article by Paul Helm University Of Liverpool Those who have held that all men will finally be saved have often believed that this follows logically from the character of God. They have held that since God is essentially and omnipotently loving it follows that he could...
Is Hell Forever? — by Millard J. Erickson [Millard J. Erickson is Research Professor of Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.] [This is the third and final article in the series, “The Destiny of the Unevangelized,” delivered by the...
Why there has to be a place of eternal punishment. Contemplating the horrible consequences for His unrepentant people, Jesus wept: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,...
How can a good and loving God condemn people to hell? "The idea of hell was born of revenge and brutality on the one side, and cowardice on the other…. I have no respect for any human being who believes in it … I dislike this doctrine, I hate it, I despise it, I...
