What are the common beliefs of annihilationism? The Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church lists six.
A second alternative to the traditional view of hell is Annihilationism. Annihilationism is "the teaching that the postmortal punishment of unbelievers or the wicked will consist of their being blotted out of their existence so that they cease to be...
The Old Testament did not define eternity as limitless time, that is more philosophy than Old Testament theology. So how does the New Testament define eternity? After the explanation, make sure you look at the questions that arise from this. Also...
A look at the alternatives to hell. This post looks at the general characteristics of universalism as found in The Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church
The Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church lists fourteen general characteristics of those universalists who affirm the reliability of Scripture.
As we begin to look at the biblical and historical theology of hell, we move now to one of two alternate theories. One theory is annihilationism and the second, and the one we will begin studying today, is universalism. Universalism is the belief...
A look at hell during the middle ages and in the reformation and post-reformation eras, including Dante's inferno, Richard Baxter, John Bunyan, and Jonathan Edwards.
One of the reasons I appreciate James Leo Garrett’s Systematic Theology: Biblical Historical and Evangelical (Vol 2) so much is that he takes us through a journey of not only biblical theology, but historical theology as well. Regarding the...
Stanley Grenz offers great insight into the New Testament's view of hell by giving us three metaphors that encompass the totality of the the experience. He, in the end, shows us that love wins!
In addition to gehenna, James Leo Garrett (James Leo Garrett, Systematic Theology: Biblical Historical and Evangelical (Vol 2), 788-789) notes four other words that express hell, or its meaning therein. Let's take a look at these words and...