THE PROBLEM OF THE DOCTRINE Now that we have considered the subjects of the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment. two of the “concomitants of the second advent.” our study of the Bible’s teaching regarding the future brings us to the subject of the final state. Here, as with many aspects of the […]

In my previous article introducing the doctrine of eternal punishment, I acknowledged that no teaching of Scripture is more apt to be rejected than this one. The nature of the doctrine itself makes it unpalatable to many. But especially in the cultural and intellectual environment of post-Christian and post-modern North American society, the notion that […]

Contemporary critics of the historic Christian doctrine of eternal punishment, including critics whose theological convictions are generally evangelical, do not argue against this doctrine so much from the Scriptures. Their treatment of the Scriptural givens results from a prior and more basic conviction that the doctrine, in its traditional form, is theologically and morally repugnant. […]