Rethinking Hell

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Rethinking Hell is a central resource for a view on Hell called Conditional Immortality (a.k.a. conditionalism or annihilationism). Focusing on this biblical view as held by many Evangelical Christians, we interview notable proponents, respond to the challenges of critics, present the stories of people who once held to the traditional view but are now rethinking hell, and much more.

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Episode 82: Pastor With No [Good] Answers (On Hell), a Response to Sean Cole (Part 2) 08.01.2016 1:11:43

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) 08.01.2016 1:28:02

Episode 80: Four Views on Hell 2.0—Traditionalism, with Denny Burk 15.12.2015 52:00

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) 13.10.2015 54:51

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) 10.10.2015 1:07:46

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 →

Episode 77: Burning Love (and Consuming Fire), a Response to Robin Parry (Part 2) 29.09.2015 1:09:08

Rethinking Hell contributors Nick and Allison Quient join Chris Date to respond to some clips from Dr. Robin Parry's plenary speech at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference, in which he presented a theological case for universalism. This episode contains the … Continue reading →

Episode 76: Burning Love (and Consuming Fire), a Response to Robin Parry (Part 1) 24.09.2015 1:22:53

Episode 75: The New City Catechism on Hell (Part 2) 13.09.2015 1:02:57

Rethinking Hell contributors discuss and respond to what the New City Catechism, adapted by Timothy Keller and Sam Shammas from the Reformation catechisms, says about hell. This episode contains the last … Continue reading →

Episode 74: The New City Catechism on Hell (Part 1) 08.09.2015 51:06

Episode 73: No Penitent in Hell, a Response to James White (Part 2) 20.08.2015 1:28:56

Rethinking Hell contributors Glenn Peoples and William Tanksley join Chris Date to play and respond to some clips from the Dividing Line and Unbelievable? programs, in which Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries critiques conditional immortality and annihilationism. … Continue reading →

Episode 72: No Penitent in Hell, a Response to James White (Part 1) 20.08.2015 1:07:13

Episode 71: The View From the Outside, with Andrew Whyte (Part 2) 07.08.2015 1:16:53

Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date is joined by former evangelical turned agnostic, Andrew Whyte, to discuss one unbeliever's perspective on the intramural evangelical hell debate. This episode contains the second half of their two-and-a-quarter hour discussion. Links Andrew's "Christian Diversity" … Continue reading →

Episode 70: The View From the Outside, with Andrew Whyte (Part 1) 30.07.2015 1:02:20

Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date is joined by former evangelical turned agnostic, Andrew Whyte, to discuss one unbeliever's perspective on the intramural evangelical hell debate. This episode contains the first hour of their two-and-a-quarter hour discussion. Links Andrew's "Christian Diversity" … Continue reading →

Episode 69: Buzzfeeding Hell, a Response to J. D. Greear 09.07.2015 1:36:52

Rethinking Hell contributors discuss a recent Gospel Coalition article, "7 Truths About Hell," written by J. D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina. Links "7 Truths … Continue reading →

Episode 67: The 2014 Conference Interview with Edward Fudge 14.05.2015 57:55

Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Edward Fudge, author of The Fire That Consumes, at the 2014 Rethinking Hell Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas. Links Video recording of the interview (missing minutes at the beginning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30GgPbvehU … Continue reading →

Episode 66: A Response to the Mohler-Date Debate, Part 2 11.02.2015 44:36

On the January 3, 2015 episode of the Unbelievable? radio show with Justin Brierley, our very own Chris Date debated Dr. Albert Mohler on the topic of conditionalism. In episode #65 of the Rethinking Hell podcast, Chris was joined by … Continue reading →

Episode 65: A Response to the Mohler-Date Debate, Part 1 31.01.2015 1:08:25

In the January 3, 2015 episode of the Unbelievable? radio show with Justin Brierley, our very own Chris Date debated Dr. Albert Mohler on the topic of conditionalism. In this episode, Chris is joined by Rethinking Hell contributors Daniel Sinclair … Continue reading →

Episode 64: Up For Debate? A Response to Kevin Zuber, with Ronnie Demler and Chris Date (Part 2) 15.12.2014 58:56

On December 14th, 2013, Moody Radio's Julie Roys moderated an informal debate between Edward Fudge and Dr. Kevin Zuber on the radio show she hosts, Up For Debate. This episode contains the second half of Rethinking Hell contributors Ronnie D … Continue reading →

Episode 63: Up For Debate? A Response to Kevin Zuber, with Ronnie Demler and Chris Date 04.12.2014 59:14

On December 14th, 2013, Moody Radio's Julie Roys moderated an informal debate between Edward Fudge and Dr. Kevin Zuber on the radio show she hosts, Up For Debate. This episode contains part one of Rethinking Hell contributors Ronnie D and … Continue reading →

Episode 62: A Baptist's Change of Mind 21.11.2014 1:02:44

Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date speaks with a Baptist pastor about the long journey he undertook that led him to embrace conditional immortality and annihilationism. Continue reading →

Episode 61: Long Before WWII; A Response to Albert Mohler 18.10.2014 30:09

Rethinking Hell and conditional immortality featured in the New York Times "Beliefs" column on October 11th, 2014. Four days later, in the October 15th episode of The Briefing, respected evangelical scholar Albert Mohler discussed the column and the doctrine of … Continue reading →

Episode 60: Withdrawing His Sustaining Hand, with Greg Boyd 02.10.2014 41:56

Best-selling author, pastor, theologian, and President of ReKnew.org, Greg Boyd joins Rethinking Hell contributor Joshua Anderson to discuss the evolution of his understanding of hell, based on a Christocentric hermeneutic. Links ReKnew.org, Greg Boyd's ministry http://www.reknew.org Woodland Hills Church Sermon … Continue reading →

Episode 59: Death, Adam and Eve, and Ephesians 2:1, with Joey Dear (Part 2) 05.08.2014 41:46

Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear continues to discuss the meaning of death, what the Bible means when it speaks of living people as if dead, and what it all means for conditionalism, in part two of his series. Links The … Continue reading →

Episode 58: Persuasive or Evasive? Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Shifts in Traditionalist Dialectics, with Ronnie Demler 22.07.2014 58:43

Rethinking Hell contributor Ronnie Demler delivers his presentation, "Persuasive or Evasive? Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Shifts in Traditionalist Dialectics," at the inaugural Rethinking Hell Conference, 2014. Notes accompanying Ronnie's presentation http://rethinkinghell.com/audio/meta/notes/demler_handout.pdf Rethinking Hell Book and Conference Links Rethinking Hell Book Ordering … Continue reading...

Episode 57: Death, Adam and Eve, and Ephesians 2:1, with Joey Dear (Part 1) 16.06.2014 51:01

Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear discusses the meaning of death, what the Bible means when it speaks of living people as if dead, and what it all means for conditionalism. Stay tuned for part two in an upcoming episode! Links … Continue reading →