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Now that I have your attention, read this book – Four Views on Hell, edited by Preston Sprinkle (Zondervan, 2016). The four views are: “Eternal Conscious Torment” (Denny Burk), “Terminal Punishment”, aka annihilationism (John Stackhouse), “Universalism” (Robin Parry), “Purgatory” (Jerry Walls). This is a second edition of the book, with new contributors, very well chosen. Burk presents the traditional view, supported by a “plain reading” of several biblical texts (I will return to this later). Burk represents his position well, but as some of the respondents note, it comes across as cold and uncaring – sinners who reject Jesus are tormented forever, that’s the way it has to be. Stackhouse offers a theological representation of the “terminal punishment” view, the one I tend to lean towards. He did a sufficient job, but I thought it could have been stronger. Robin Parry represents the “universalism” view. He is clear…
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