Rethinking Hell
Rethinking Hell is a podcast that explores the Christian doctrine of hell from the perspective of Conditional Immortality, also known as conditionalism or annihilationism. The show features interviews with notable proponents of this view, addresses criticisms from traditional perspectives, and shares personal stories of individuals who have reconsidered their beliefs about hell. It serves as a central resource for those interested in this biblical interpretation.
Episodes
Episode 157: The Bad Place, with J. Webb Mealy (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark interview J. Webb Mealy about his book, The Bad Place. In this part 2 of their discussion, they discuss the application of Mealy's five principles for interpreting the Book of Revelation. Links: J. Webb Mealy's book The Bad Place: Or, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hell, but Were Afraid to Ask, on Amazon: https://www.amaz
Episode 156: The Bad Place, with J. Webb Mealy (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark interview J. Webb Mealy about his book, The Bad Place. In this part 1 of their discussion, Mealy summarizes the chapters of his book and then outlines his five principles of interpreting the Book of Revelation. Links: J. Webb Mealy's book The Bad Place: Or, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hell, but Were Afraid to Ask, on Am
Episode 155: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 6)–The Straw Men of "Soul Sleep" and Intermediate State (Continued)
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to continue a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this sixth episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris continue discussing how Slick insists upon conflating physicalism and "soul sleep" with conditional immortality and annihilationism to erect a straw man easily burned down, as they bega
Episode 154: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 5)–The Straw Men of "Soul Sleep" and Intermediate State
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to continue a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this fifth episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris begin discussing how Slick insists upon conflating physicalism and "soul sleep" with conditional immortality and annihilationism to erect a straw man easily burned down. Links: Matt Sl
Episode 153: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 4)–Redefining Our Basic Terms and Beliefs (Continued)
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to continue a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this fourth episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris continue discussing how Slick misrepresents conditionalism and annihilationism in the definitions he offers of various terms and of our beliefs. Links: Matt Slick's annihilationism la
Episode 152: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 3)–Redefining Our Basic Terms and Beliefs
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to continue a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this third episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris discuss how Slick misrepresents conditionalism and annihilationism in the definitions he offers of various terms and of our beliefs. Links: Matt Slick's annihilationism landing page at
Episode 151: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 2)–Mishandling Conditionalist Literature
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to continue a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this second episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris discuss some of the ways Slick misreads and misrepresents conditionalist literature in his critiques of annihilationism. Links: Matt Slick's annihilationism landing page at CARM.org:
Episode 150: Keep CARM and Carry On: Responding to Matt Slick and CARM.org (Part 1)–Toward Better Interactions with Conditionalists
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Grice and Chris Date join Darren Clark to begin a series of podcast episodes responding to Matt Slick of CARM.org. In this first episode of the series, Darren, Peter, and Chris appeal to Slick for better interactions with conditionalists. Links: Matt Slick's annihilationism landing page at CARM.org: https://carm.org/annihilationism
Episode 149: Teaching with Integrity: Presenting All Sides in the Debate on Hell, with Michael Zwaagstra
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews conditionalist Michael Zwaagstra on a course he recently taught at Steinbach Bible College on the three Christian views of hell. Links: The website for Michael's recent book, The Naked Man Flees: Timeless Truths from Obscure Parts of the Bible: http://thenakedmanflees.com/ Michael's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Man-Flees-Timeless-
Episode 148: Hell and Abductive Reasoning: An Interview with Atheist Ed Atkinson
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews atheist Ed Atkinson on how abductive reasoning can inform the intramural Christian debate over hell. Links: Ed Atkinson's "Doubts Aloud" Podcast (iTunes): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doubts-aloud-podcast/id1344538182 The Unbelievable? Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group London (Meetup): https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and
Episode 147: Public Ministry and the Shibboleth of Hell
Rethinking Hell contributor Darren Clark interviews former RZIM speaker Dan Paterson on his experiences with and thoughts on the topic of hell. Links: Dan Paterson's speaker profile at RZIM (with which he is no longer affiliated): https://www.rzim.org/speakers/dan-paterson Part 1 of a recent interview of Dan Paterson by Joel Ramsey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FayiAh7QwWE Part 2 of a recent i
Episode 146: Date vs. Burns on Hell; Debate Review, Part 2
Rethinking Hell contributors Darren Clark and Skylar White join Chris Date to review his recent debate versus Ross Burns on Zac Sechler's "Adherent Apologetics" show. This episode contains part 2 of their review. Links: Debate between Chris Date and Ross Burns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1aklzBkWnY
Episode 145: Date vs. Burns on Hell; Debate Review, Part 1
Rethinking Hell contributors Darren Clark and Skylar White join Chris Date to review his recent debate versus Ross Burns on Zac Sechler's "Adherent Apologetics" show. This episode contains part 1 of their review. Links: Debate between Chris Date and Ross Burns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1aklzBkWnY
Episode 144: Revelation and Reverence: A Response to Doctrine and Devotion, Part 2
Rethinking Hell contributors Chris Date and William Tanksley respond to the hosts of the Doctrine and Devotion podcast, who recently critiqued annihilationism in response to an emailer's question. This episode contains part 2 of Chris and William's response; listen to episode 143 for part 1. Links: The Doctrine and Devotion podcast episode titled "Annihilationism": http://www.doctrineanddevotion.
Episode 143: Revelation and Reverence: A Response to Doctrine and Devotion, Part 1
Rethinking Hell contributors Chris Date and William Tanksley respond to the hosts of the Doctrine and Devotion podcast, who recently critiqued annihilationism in response to an emailer's question. This episode contains part 1 of Chris and William's response; listen to episode 144 for part 2. Links: The Doctrine and Devotion podcast episode titled "Annihilationism": http://www.doctrineanddevotion.
Episode 142: "Will the Lost Remain Alive in Hell Forever?" Chris Date and Ross Burns Debate Hell
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date debates traditionalist Ross Burns on Zac Sechler's "Adherent Apologetics" YouTube channel, debating the question, "Will the Lost Remain Alive in Hell Forever?" Links Chris Date and Ross Burns's debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1aklzBkWnY Chris Date's interview on "Adherent Apologetics": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08GKPkRUsk Ross Burns's deb
Episode 141: Date vs. Costa on Hell; Debate Review, Part 3
Rethinking Hell contributor Darren Clark and friend of the ministry Johnathan Pritchett (VP for Academics at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary) join Chris Date to review his debate versus Tony Costa on Chris Arnzen's "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio program. In this episode, Darren, Johnathan, and Chris discuss part 3 of the debate, in which Date and Costa field audience questions. L
Episode 140: Date vs. Costa on Hell; Debate Review, Part 2
Rethinking Hell contributor Darren Clark and friend of the ministry Johnathan Pritchett (VP for Academics at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary) join Chris Date to review his debate versus Tony Costa on Chris Arnzen's "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio program. In this episode, Darren, Johnathan, and Chris discuss part 2 of the debate, in which Date and Costa debate the question, "Is co
Episode 139: Date vs. Costa on Hell; Debate Review, Part 1
Rethinking Hell contributor Darren Clark and friend of the ministry Johnathan Pritchett (VP for Academics at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary) join Chris Date to review his debate versus Tony Costa on Chris Arnzen's "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio program. In this episode, Darren, Johnathan, and Chris discuss part 1 of the debate, in which Date and Costa debate the question, "Is im
Episode 138: The History of Hell–A Conversation With Bart Ehrman
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date is joined by Dr. Bart Ehrman to discuss Ehrman's latest book, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. Links: Ehrman's book at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Hell-Afterlife-Bart-Ehrman/dp/1501136739/ The Bart Ehrman Blog: https://ehrmanblog.org/ Ehrman's website: https://www.bartdehrman.com/
Episode 137: The Apocalyptic Paul, with Nick Quient
Former Rethinking Hell contributor Nick Quient joins Chris Date to discuss Nick's recent book, The Perfection of Our Faithful Wills: Paul's Apocalyptic Vision of Entire Sanctification, and how the apocalyptic theology of the apostle Paul supports conditional immortality and challenges the doctrines of eternal torment and universalism. Links: Nick's book at the publisher's website (https://wipfand
Episode 136: Conditionalism Stands to Reason (Part 5)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark join Chris Date to critique Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett's article series at Stand to Reason called "Hell Interrupted." This episode contains the fifth and final part of their discussion; listen to episodes 132 through 135 for the first four parts. Links: Part 1 of Koukl and Barnett's article series, "Hell Interrupted": https://www.str.o
Episode 135: Conditionalism Stands to Reason (Part 4)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark join Chris Date to critique Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett's article series at Stand to Reason called "Hell Interrupted." This episode contains part 4 of their discussion; the next episode will contain the final installment of the series. Links: Part 1 of Koukl and Barnett's article series, "Hell Interrupted": https://www.str.org/SolidGrou
Episode 134: Conditionalism Stands to Reason (Part 3)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark join Chris Date to critique Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett's article series at Stand to Reason called "Hell Interrupted." This episode contains part 3 of their discussion; the next one or two episodes will contain the remainder of the series. Links: Part 1 of Koukl and Barnett's article series, "Hell Interrupted": https://www.str.org/Solid
Episode 133: Conditionalism Stands to Reason (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark join Chris Date to critique Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett's article series at Stand to Reason called "Hell Interrupted." This episode contains part 2 of their discussion; the next two or three episodes will contain the remainder of the series. Links: Part 1 of Koukl and Barnett's article series, "Hell Interrupted": https://www.str.org/Sol
Episode 132: Conditionalism Stands to Reason (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Darren Clark join Chris Date to critique Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett's article series at Stand to Reason called "Hell Interrupted." This episode contains part 1 of their discussion; the next two, three, or four episodes will contain the remainder of the series. Links: Part 1 of Koukl and Barnett's article series, "Hell Interrupted": https://www.str.
Episode 131: Annihilation and Divine Violence, with Tremper Longman III
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Dr. Tremper Longman III, in whose recent book on Old Testament controversies says some Bible interpreters are motivated to reject divine sanction of violence in Scripture by their desire to believe in annihilationism. Tremper Longman's recent book, Confronting Old Testament Controversies
Episode 130: Annihilation in Revelation, with Ian Paul
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Dr. Ian Paul, in whose commentary on the book of Revelation articulates a conditionalist reading of Revelation 14:9-11 and 20:10-15. Links: https://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Introduction-Commentary-Tyndale-Testament/dp/0830843000/ https://www.ivpress.com/tyndale-new-testament-commentaries
Episode 129: Eternal Torment vs. Conditional Immortality, Audience Q&A–Chris Date and Tony Costa Debate Hell, Part 3
Links The Iron Sharpens Iron radio website: http://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/ Tony Costa's profile at the Toronto Baptist Seminary website: https://tbs.edu/academics/faculty/
Episode 128: "Is Conscious Torment of the Damned Eternal?"–Chris Date and Tony Costa Debate Hell, Part 2
Chris Date debates the nature and duration of hell with traditionalist Tony Costa on Chris Arnzen's "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio show. This episode contains the second part of their two-part debate. Links: The Iron Sharpens Iron radio website http://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/ Tony Costa's profile at the Toronto Baptist Seminary website https://tbs.edu/academics/faculty/a
Episode 127: "Is Immortality Only Given to the Saved?"–Chris Date and Tony Costa Debate Hell, Part 1
Chris Date debates the nature and duration of hell with traditionalist Tony Costa on Chris Arnzen's "Iron Sharpens Iron" radio show. This episode contains the first part of their two-part debate. Links: The Iron Sharpens Iron radio website http://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/ Tony Costa's profile at the Toronto Baptist Seminary website https://tbs.edu/academics/faculty/
Episode 126: Rethinking Hell Live 01, Responding to William Lane Craig
A special episode of the podcast introducing listeners to the new weekly YouTube live stream, Rethinking Hell Live, streaming Mondays at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern. In this audio version of the inaugural episode, Chris Date responds to clips on YouTube featuring Dr. William Lane Craig. Links: Rethinking Hell Live, streaming on YouTube Mondays at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern: http://youtube.com/rethinking
Episode 125: "Evigt Liv i Kristus Jesus"–Conditionalism and Evangelism in Sweden, with Micael Grenholm
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Micael Grenholm, a Pentecostal pastor, speaker, and writer residing in Uppsala, Sweden, to discuss how the doctrine of eternal torment hinders evangelism in Sweden and how the doctrine of conditional immortality can help.
Episode 124: The Bible Brodown on What'll Go Down (in Hell)
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Billy Wendeln and Matt Chisholm, hosts of the Bible Brodown podcast, to discuss their mid-2017 study of hell and why they ended up leaving behind the doctrine of eternal torment. Links: https://biblebrodown.com https://biblebrodown.com/blog/hell-part-1 https://biblebrodown.com/blog/hell-part-2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/BibleBrodown/
Episode 123: Sinners in the Presence of a Loving God, with R. Zachary Manis
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews R. Zachary Manis, Professor of Philosophy and Graduate Director of the Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program at Southwest Baptist University, about his new book, Sinners in the Presence of a Loving God: An Essay on the Problem of Hell, in which he argues that only a variation of the doctrine of eternal torment can adequately answer the theol
Episode 122: Endgame, Part 2: Not the End of Evangelical Commitment
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Ármann Pálsson, a pastor at Anchor Point Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, about what convinced him of conditional immortality and about his experience with his fellow elders leading up to his co-pastor's recent two-part sermon series introducing the congregation to conditional immortality.
Episode 121: Endgame, Part 1: Not the End of Church Unity
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Donavan Friesen, a pastor at Anchor Point Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, about his recent two-part sermon series in which he revealed to his congregation that he had become convinced of conditional immortality.
Episode 120: Reasonable Annihilationism: Hell, Apologetics, and Evangelism
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date delivers a presentation on hell and apologetics to the Belfast chapter of Reasonable Faith.
Episode 119: "Why I Am Not (Yet) a Conditionalist"–Part 2, With Chris Woznicki
Chris Woznicki joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date at the Rethinking Hell 2019 Far West Chapter Symposium to discuss the theological reservations he has about conditional immortality and which prevent him from yet embracing it, despite what he acknowledges is its exegetical strength. This is part 2 of the recording; listen to part 1 with Zachary Seals in episode 118.
Episode 118: "Why I am Not (Yet) a Conditionalist," Part 1, with Zachary Seals
Zachary Seals joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date at the Rethinking Hell 2019 Far West Chapter Symposium to discuss the theological reservations he has about conditional immortality and which prevent him from yet embracing it, despite what he acknowledges is its exegetical strength. Also, listen for an important announcement about the upcoming 2019 Rethinking Hell Conference!
Episode 117: Hell and Hermeneutics; A Response to Lindsay Brooks—Plus 2019 Conference Announcement!
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date responds to clips from a breakout presentation delivered at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference by his friend Lindsay Brooks, in which Brooks offers some criticism of conditional immortality on hermeneutical grounds. Also, listen for an important announcement about the upcoming 2019 Rethinking Hell Conference!
Episode 116: Hell and Eschatological Humility; A Conversation with Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his take on hell and final punishment as a systematic theologian and his five-volume series, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World.
Episode 115: "The Precious Blood of Christ": A Response to James White
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date responds to comments recently made by James White on the Dividing Line, in which White rightly explains that biblical language of Christ shedding his precious blood means he died as a substitute in place of those for whom his sacrifice was made. Chris asks, if the blood of Christ points metonymically to his substitutionary death, doesn't that mean the punishm
Episode 114: "An Unquenchable Doctrine": Chris Date on the Recent History of Conditional Immortality
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date recently presented a paper at Lloyd Strickland's and Andrew Crome's conference, "Imagining the Last Things: Eschatology and Apocalypticism, 1500-Present." Chris's paper, "An Unquenchable Doctrine: The Tenacity of Conditional Immortality in Recent History," outlines the history of conditionalism since the Reformation and its increasing popularity despite attem
Episode 113: Date and Quient vs. Richardson and Lauriston Debate Review
Rethinking Hell contributors Chris Date and Nick Quient join Joey Dear to review their recent debate with Damon Richardson and Elce Lauriston.
Episode 112: "Does the Bible Teach Eternal Conscious Torment?" Date and Quient Debate Richardson and Lauriston
A live-streamed debate between Damon Richardson of UrbanLogia Ministries and Elce Lauriston (affirmative), and Chris Date and Nick Quient of Rethinking Hell (negative). The debate was held on September 10, 2018.
Episode 111: Rethinking "Hell Theology" in the Raw
Plenary speakers Preston Sprinkle and Chris Date record a joint episode of the "Theology in the Raw" and "Rethinking Hell" podcasts on Day 2 of the 2018 Rethinking Hell Conference in Dallas–Fort Worth. They discuss their and other speakers' presentations, answer audience questions, and more.
Episode 110: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 8: Annihilationism Under Fire
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Berthelsen and Mark Corbett join Chris Date for the eighth and last of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This eighth episode in the series reviews chapter 9, "Annihilationism: Will the Unsaved Be Punished Forever?" by Christopher Morgan.
Episode 109: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 7: Will Everyone Ultimately Be Saved?
Part 7 of our series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This seventh episode in the series reviews chapter 8, "Universalism: Will Everyone Ultimately Be Saved?" by J. I. Packer.
Episode 108: Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Brian Godawa on Conditionalism and Orthodox Preterism
Writer and filmmaker Brian Godawa joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his biblical fiction series, Chronicles of the Apocalypse, and how orthodox preterism can inform the debate between the doctrines of conditional immortality and eternal torment.
Episode 107: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 6: The Preacher and Hell
Part six of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This sixth episode in the series reviews chapter 10, "Pastoral Theology: The Preacher and Hell," by Sinclair Ferguson.
Episode 106: In the Line of [Eternal] Fire; Dr. Michael Brown on Conditionalism and Hell
Dr. Michael Brown joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss hell and immortality in evangelism and the Old Testament.
Episode 105: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 5: Hell in Biblical and Systematic Theology
Rethinking Hell contributors Peter Berthelsen and Glenn Peoples join Chris Date for the fifth of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This fifth episode in the series reviews chapter 6, "Biblical Theology: Three Pictures of Hell," by Christopher Morgan, and chapter 7, "Systematic Theology:
Episode 104: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 4: "Eternal Destruction" and Hell in Paul
Part 4 of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This fourth episode in the series reviews chapter 4, "Paul on Hell," by Douglas Moo.
Episode 103: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 3: Hell in the Teaching of Jesus
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair join Chris Date for the third of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This third episode in the series reviews chapter 3, "Jesus on Hell," by Robert Yarbrough.
Episode 102: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 2: Progressive Revelation of Hell
Rethinking Hell contributors Joey Dear and William Tanksley join Chris Date for the second of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This second episode in the series reviews the second chapter, "The Old Testament on Hell," by Daniel Block, and chapter 5, "The Revelation on Hell," by G. K. B
Episode 101: "Hell Under Fire" Under Fire, Part 1: The History of Hell
Part 1 of a series of episodes reviewing Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, edited by Christopher Morgan and Robert Peterson. This first episode in the series reviews the book's introduction, as well as the first chapter, "Modern Theology: The Disappearance of Hell," by Al Mohler.
Episode 100: Celebrating One Hundred Episodes!
Several members of the Rethinking Hell team gather to celebrate one hundred episodes of the Rethinking Hell podcast! Peter Berthelsen, Darren Clark, Mark Corbett, Chris Date, Joey Dear, Peter Grice, Glenn Peoples, Nick Quient, Christopher Ray, Daniel Sinclair, William Tanksley, … Continue reading →
Episode 99: A Consuming Passion Festschrift Special (Part 3)
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date continues a series of special episodes celebrating 2015′s publication of the ministry's second book, A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge, by interviewing its authors. In this third episode … Continue reading →
Episode 98: Date vs. Pettis Debate Review (Part 3)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair, and guest contributor Peter Berthelsen, join Chris Date for a massive five-hour review of his recent debate with Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut, and of some of the conversations that … Continue reading →
Episode 97: Date vs. Pettis Debate Review (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair, and guest contributor Peter Berthelson, join Chris Date for a massive five-hour review of his recent debate with Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut, and of some of the conversations that … Continue reading →
Episode 96: Date vs. Pettis Debate Review (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair, and guest contributor Peter Berthelsen, join Chris Date for a massive five-hour review of his recent debate with Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut, and of some of the conversations that … Continue reading →
Episode 95: "Issuant" Views and the Problem of Hell, with Ray Baker
Dr. Ray Baker, academic dean at CredoAkademin in Stockholm, Sweden, joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss what he calls "issuant" views of hell and how they fare in their attempts to answer the Problem of Hell. Links The … Continue reading →
Episode 94: "Is Conditional Immortality Biblical?" Chris Date and Len Pettis Debate Hell
On Friday, September 9th, 2016, Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut and Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date debated the proposition, "Is Conditional Immortality Biblical?" Date affirmed, articulating and defending conditional immortality. Pettis denied, articulating and defending the traditional view … Continue reading →
Episode 93: A Consuming Passion Festschrift Special (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date continues a series of special episodes celebrating last year's publication of the ministry's second book, A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge, by interviewing its authors. In this second … Continue reading →
Episode 92: A Consuming Passion Festschrift Special (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date kicks off a series of special episodes celebrating last year's publication of the ministry's second book, A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge, by interviewing its authors. In this … Continue reading →
Episode 91: Fear, Fire, and the Pharisees; A Response to Joel Richardson (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Nick Quient join Chris Date to respond to arguments against conditionalism recently published by Joel Richardson, host of the web TV series "The Underground." This episode contains part two of their discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
Episode 90: Fear, Fire, and the Pharisees; A Response to Joel Richardson (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Nick Quient join Chris Date to respond to arguments against conditionalism recently published by Joel Richardson, host of the web TV series "The Underground." This episode contains part one of their discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
Episode 89: Giving Up Hell for a Year, with Kurt Willems
Kurt Willems, founding pastor of Pangea Communities and blogger at The Pangea Blog, joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss what led him to accept conditional immortality and why he encourages Christians to practically give up hell for a … Continue reading →
Episode 88: Honoring the Martyrs, with Preston Sprinkle
Dr. Preston Sprinkle joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his ongoing journey when it comes to his understanding of hell, and the importance of standing up for what one thinks the Bible teaches, even when doing so may … Continue reading →
Episode 87: Four Views on Hell 2.0—Universalism, with Robin Parry
Dr. Robin Parry joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Universalism, and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four … Continue reading →
Episode 86: Four Views on Hell 2.0—Conditionalism, with John Stackhouse
Professor John Stackhouse joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Conditionalism (or "terminal punishment" as he calls it), and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four … Continue reading →
Episode 85: Her Gates Will Never Be Shut, with Brad Jersak
Brad Jersak joins us to discuss hopeful inclusivism, apokatastasis, and the Church Fathers, as well as Jersak's book, Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem. Links Jersak's book, Her Gates Will Never … Continue reading →
Episode 84: Four Views on Hell 2.0—Purgatory, with Jerry Walls
Professor Jerry Walls joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Purgatory, and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four … Continue reading →
Episode 83: Pastor With No [Good] Answers (On Hell), a Response to Sean Cole (Part 3)
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Episode 82: Pastor With No [Good] Answers (On Hell), a Response to Sean Cole (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Episode 81: Pastor With No [Good] Answers (On Hell), a Response to Sean Cole (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Episode 80: Four Views on Hell 2.0—Traditionalism, with Denny Burk
Professor Denny Burk joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his traditionalist contribution to Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four Views on Hell @ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010R9L4BC/ First … Continue reading →
Episode 79: Almost Heretics, a Response to Todd Friel (Part 2)
Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear joins Chris Date to respond to some clips of Todd Friel of Wretched Radio offering his own unique brand of criticism of annihilationism. This episode contains the second half of their two-hour discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
Episode 78: Almost Heretics, a Response to Todd Friel (Part 1)
Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear joins Chris Date to respond to some clips of Todd Friel of Wretched Radio offering his own unique brand of criticism of annihilationism. This episode contains the first half of their two-hour discussion; stay tuned … Continue reading →
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