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October 2017

October 25, 2017

No, God Isn’t Like Some Stephen King Character We’re Supposed to Fear

No, we shouldn't fear God-- God is not some violent clown.

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith (A new book from Benjamin L. Corey)

Friends of Formerly Fundie: As some of you may have seen on Facebook, I have...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

A Case For Christian Universalism (From A Non-Universalist)

Christian universalism is a solidly biblical and reasonable belief.

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Fair Warning: Welcoming Immigrants & Refugees is a “Heaven or Hell” Issue

Growing up Evangelical, we were often warned that some issues were "heaven or hell" issues....

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Would A Righteous God Torment People In Hell For Eternity?

After leaving Christian fundamentalism, I shed off a lot of previously held beliefs-- some of...

September 07, 2016

Would An Eternity In Hell Even Be Fair? (The Problem of Proportionality)

So, you're a sinner. Just one sin lands you in that category. No matter how...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Is Christian Universalism Compatible With Free Will? Justice? Hell?

As many know, I have long been a proponent of the view of Annihilationism, which...

June 20, 2016

Confession: I Think I’m Becoming A Calvinist

It's no secret- I've been a little hard on my Calvinist friends over the years...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

If Hell Is Real, Why Did God Wait So Darn Long To Warn Us About It?

For me growing up, hell was the center of gravity and perhaps my biggest motivation...

September 2015

September 03, 2015

The 3 Biblical Options for a Theology of Hell

Many of us grow up hearing hell, fire, and brimstone messages in our churches from...

September 01, 2015

A Sincere Question For My Friends Who Believe In Hell

Here on the blog and That God Show, we've talked quite a bit about the...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

What Hell Tells Us About God’s Character

(This post is my continuing dialogue with the ideas of Jeff Cook, from his new book, Everything New: Reimagining...

May 27, 2015

If Christ Is The Victor, Hell Could Only Be Temporary

Over the course of the past year I've had an ongoing series introducing readers to...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Why ISIS Should Make Christians Rethink The Doctrine Of Hell

The violence we're seeing at the hands of ISIS is disgustingly barbaric. If mass beheadings,...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

25 Bible Verses That Disprove Eternal Conscious Hell

In a follow up to our recent episode of That God Show, folks have asked...

January 28, 2015

The Biblical Alternative to Hell (That God Show EP17)

Most of us grow up being taught that all those who die without accepting Christ...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

5 Reasons Why More Christians Are Rejecting The Traditional View of Hell

More and more Christians are beginning to reject the traditional view of hell which...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

5 Reasons Why Fundamentalists Might Not Want To Go To Heaven

1. It would be way too crowded for them. One of the basic tenets of Christian...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

What Jesus Talked About When He Talked About Hell

The word Jesus uses in Greek is γέεννα (Gehenna), which actually means "The Valley of...

June 24, 2014

Why Some Christians Are Universalists (Letting Go of Hell Series)

Continuing the discussion on hell we started yesterday, I was asked to show the third...

June 23, 2014

Letting Go Of Hell (Without Letting Go Of The Bible)

Affirming that scripture is inspired and true means one must also affirm the "eternal,...

March 2014

March 12, 2014

5 Reasons Why Calvinism Makes Me Want To Gouge My Eyes Out

Calvinism, in contrast to Jesus, teaches that God picks a few and not the rest--...

March 08, 2014

Discovering God’s Plan For My Life When I Visited Hell

Three years ago today, my wife and I took a long drive from Lima, Peru...

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