Co-Author of “Erasing Hell”–Changing His Position On Hell?

March 22, 2013

Most are unaware that since co-authoring the book, Erasing Hell with Francis Chan* (chiefly a rebuttal to Love Wins), Dr. Preston Sprinkle has publicly disclosed his struggle with the “eternal conscious torment” doctrine and has confessed his strong leanings toward Conditional Immortality or annihilationism as a more Biblical view. His recent thoughts on the subject can be […]

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D. A. Carson On Universalism

January 26, 2013

Watch the above 3 minute video or read the following transcript of D. A. Carson’s very sincere and careful defense of the doctrine of eternal conscious torment for most of humanity. We spoke of Carson’s “Blessed Conundrum” in another post meaning he has argued himself into a dilemma where the only conclusion he is left […]

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N. T. Wright: “Why Christianity Makes Sense”

December 3, 2012

That is the subtitle to N. T. Wright’s book Simply Christian.  Wright is Bishop of Durham, England, and author of more than thirty books. Does Christianity make sense? I believe it does–it fits the reality of how we were made, what we desire, what our souls crave: intimacy with God and partnering with Him for […]

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John Piper’s “Christian Hedonism” Requires the Universal Salvation of All Mankind

December 3, 2012

John Piper and “Christian Hedonism.” For those not familiar with this term it was coined by Pastor John Piper back in the eighties with his book entitled Desiring God. The basic premise was that God’s glory is actually intertwined with our enjoyment of Him. In fact he modified the answer to the Westminster Catechism question, […]

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Lee Strobel: “Eternal Hell Was NOT A Part of God’s Plan”

June 9, 2012

Lee Strobel’s chapter defending an eternal hell in his book A Case For Faith has given us a great trajectory with which to follow the main reasons for an eternal hell from an Arminian perspective.  I believe when we are finished with this chapter we will have addressed most of the arguments made in support of […]

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Lee Strobel: “Eternal Hell Is Not Torture”

June 7, 2012

Continuing our examination of Lee Strobel’s defense of eternal hell we come to his interview with Dr. J. P. Moreland, distinguished philosopher and theologian. Strobel begins his first gut-level question towards Moorland that was earlier posited to him by the one-time believer-now skeptic Charles Templeton:  “How could a loving God torture someone forever for not […]

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Lee Strobel: “Eternal Hell Is God’s Compliment to Man”

June 6, 2012

An observation was made recently in an article “Why Arminianism Doesn’t Sell” where they pointed out that Calvinists have a market on the conferences (The Gospel Coalition, Together for the Gospel, Desiring God, Ligonier etc.,).  Interestingly the author noted how: “Arminianism, as a theological distinctive, just does not preach. Don’t get me wrong. I did […]

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Billy Graham: “The Love of God Is Absolute”

June 5, 2012

Does Billy Graham have anything to say on the topic of universalism?  He does as we will find out but I think before anyone judges him unfairly let me remind you of the landscape through which he has journeyed for 93 years and as the most well known evangelist of our time. We must understand […]

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