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Endless Suffering Hell is real, and to deny it harms the gospel

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  • Peter Hastie

This article shows how annihilationism denies the reality of hell, and what implications this has for evangelism.

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Analyzing Annihilationism: Will Those in Hell Cease to Exist?

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  • Eric Davis

This article examines the teaching of annihilationism, and shows that it is biblically indefensible.

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Is the Church Still Serious about It?

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  • Jonathan Gibson

This article discusses three main alternative positions to the historic orthodox position on hell: universalism, annihilationism, and a definitive self-exclusion from God's presence. From there it explores the biblical teaching on hell, making use of Christ's teaching in Mark 9:42-48.

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Fallacies in the Annihilationism Debate? A Response to Glenn Peoples

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  • Robert A. Peterson

This article is a response of Peterson to an article by Glenn Peoples in which Peoples analyzed Peterson's arguments against annihilationism. Relevant Bible texts include 2 Thessalonians 1:9 and 2 Peter 2:6.

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Fallacies in the Annihilationism Debate: A Critique of Robert Peterson and Other Traditionalist Scholarship

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  • Glenn Peoples

This article presents a critique of Robert Peterson who defends the traditional interpretation of eternal torment against the challenge posed by annihilationism. The author critically examines key features of Peterson’s case and suggest that it has some major shortcomings and is ultimately unsuccessful. Annihilationists admit that the Bible teaches eternal punishment. They differ with the more traditional view of what this punishment entails.

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The Final State of the Wicked

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  • Vernon C. Grounds

What is the final state of the wicked? The paper explores five different conclusions that have been drawn from the biblical evidence: agnosticism, annihilationism, universalism, conditionalism, and eternal punishment. This paper treats all the positions and elaborates on the last one.

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Evangelical Annihilationism in Review

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  • J. I. Packer

When Jesus spoke about eternal punishment from Matthew 25:46, did he have in mind the state of eternal torment in hell or was he speaking about annihilation? This article examines the arguments for annihilationism against the biblical teaching on hell.

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Whatever Happened to Hell?

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  • John D. Van Meerbeke

Is hell a place or a condition? This article also looks at annihilationism and the reality of hell.

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The Doctrine of Eternal Punishment

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  • Cornelis P. Venema

This article is about the doctrine of hell. What exactly is hell? Is the doctrine of hell compatible with God's love and God's justice? The author also discusses the ideas of universalism and annihilationism, which have been raised as alternatives to hell as an eternal punishment.

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The Bible and the Future: "The Intermediate State"

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  • Cornelis P. Venema

How should Christians think about the future? This article speaks about individual eschatology, discussing physical death, immortality of the soul, resurrection of the body, annihilationism, and soul sleep.

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