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Inferno

A Couple Notes About Hell C.S. Lewis wrote, “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.  If that is too much, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones” (God in the […]

Doctor Faustus

A Couple Notes About Hell C.S. Lewis wrote, “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.  If that is too much, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones” (God in the […]

The Great Divorce

Six Spiritual Classics Rather than apologizing for quoting so much from C.S. Lewis over the past few months I decided to recommend a set of his books (some of which I have reviewed). This last year I decided to read a whole set (plus a biography) and have not at all regretted the project. As […]

Four Views of Hell

The definition of hell promises to be one of the burning issues of this decade. Is hell literal with real fire and torment lasting forever? So says John Walvoord. Holding this position myself, I hoped for a lengthier treatment. His rebuttals are better than his presentation. The editor presents the metaphorical view that hell is […]

Is Hell Forever?

There is a renewed twist in an old doctrine these days. We remember hearing about when fundamentalists fought the liberals over the existence of hell. Many of them have found the truth by now. We have lived with the notion that hell is not literal, enduring the hermeneutical gymnastics of left wing evangelicals who believed […]