book review: four views on hell, ed. by stanley gundry 1

May 6, 2008

The majority of modern Christianity accepts the dogma of hell, but what exactly constitutes this place of torment has been debated throughout the history of the Church…

As a part of the Zondervan Counterpoints series, Four Views on Hell takes four authors - John Walvoord, William Crockett, Friar Zachary Hayes, and Clark Pinnock – and asks them to present their views and counterviews on hell. What follows is four, essentially evangelical, analyses on hell – the hellliteral, metaphorical, conditional, and purgatorialin doctrines – and the author’s interaction with each other on the issue. And though the authors display an admirable attempt to illustrate their observations, only one view exhibits a sound argument and sensible scrutiny when laid beside the others.

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