Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0310240417 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"TEN ESSAYS DEFENDING THE TRADITIONAL VIEW FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES" according to Steven H Propp. In this 200TEN ESSAYS DEFENDING THE TRADITIONAL VIEW FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES Steven H Propp In this 2004 book, editors Christopher Morgan [Jonathan Edwards And Hell] and Robert Peterson [Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological, Salvation Accomplished by the Son: The Work of Christ, Why I Am Not an Arminian, Election and Free Will: God's Gracious Choice and Our Responsibility, etc.]---who also co-edited Is Hell for Real or Does Everyone Go To Heaven?---bring together essays from authors such as J.I. Packer and R. Albert. book, editors Christopher Morgan [Jonathan Edwards And Hell] and Robert Peterson [Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological, Salvation Accomplished by the Son: The Work of Christ, Why I Am Not an Arminian, Election and Free Will: God's Gracious Choice and Our Responsibility, etc.]---who also co-edited Is Hell for Real or Does Everyone Go To Heaven?---bring together essays from authors such as J.I. Packer and R. Albert. from a somewhat disappointed fence-sitter Daniel Murphy The reason I ordered this book was because I thought I would get a book that provided exegetically-driven counter-arguments to the arguments for annihilationism / conditionalism, as I have recently gone through Fudge's "The Fire that Consumes," with presents some impressive arguments for this view. Here's the chapters:1. Modern theology: the disappearance of Hell (Albert Mohler Jr)2. The old Testament on Hell (Daniel I. Block)3. Jes. A. Sauls said Read This Book!. Stereotypes abound when one thinks of hell. The school child may conceive images as seen in 19Read This Book! A. Sauls Stereotypes abound when one thinks of hell. The school child may conceive images as seen in 1940's era cartoons -complete with devil costumes and boiling caldrons. The cynic may imagine nothing worse than the current state of the world -life is a living hell. Hollywood concocts grotesque and wonton versions of hell -but perhaps not far off the mark. What then of the minister of the gospel, how does he handle hell? Sadly, the traditi. 0's era cartoons -complete with devil costumes and boiling caldrons. The cynic may imagine nothing worse than the current state of the world -life is a living hell. Hollywood concocts grotesque and wonton versions of hell -but perhaps not far off the mark. What then of the minister of the gospel, how does he handle hell? Sadly, the traditi
J. But the bottom line is still God's Word. Today, a disturbing number of professing Christians question it as well. Packer compares universalism with the traditional understanding of hell, Morgan does the same with annihilationism, and Sinclair Ferguson considers how the reality of hell ought to influence preaching. And it offers us a better understanding of the One who longs for all people to escape judgment and obtain eternal life through Jesus Christ. R. I. These examples offer some idea of this volume's scope and thoroughness. . Hell may be under fire, but its own flames cannot be quenched by popular opinion. From the Back Cover Of all the teachings of Christianity, the doctri
He is author or editor of twenty books, including Salvation Accomplished by the Son: The Work of Christ (Crossway, 2012), Our Secure Salvation: Preservation and Apostasy (P&R Publishing, 2009), and, co-edited with Christopher Morgan, Hell Under Fire (Zondervan, 2004).Gregory K. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. Mohler can be heard on The Briefing a daily podc
Today, a disturbing number of professing Christians question it as well. Packer compares universalism with the traditional understanding of hell, Morgan does the same with annihilationism, and Sinclair Ferguson considers how the reality of hell ought to influence preaching. This book helps us gain a biblical perspective on what hell is and why we cannot afford to ignore it. Rarely mentioned anymore in the pulpit, it has faded through disuse among evangelicals and been attacked by liberal theologians. But the bottom line is still God’s Word. Hell may be under fire, but its own flames cannot be quenched by popular opinion. And it offers us a better understanding of the One who longs for all people to escape judgment and obtain eternal life through Jesus Christ.. Hell is no longer only the target of those outside the church. I. R. Albert Mohler Jr. These examples offer some idea of this volume’s scope and thoroughness. Of all the teachings of Christianity, the doctrine of hell is easily the most troubling, so much so that in recent year