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In light of the upcoming documentary Hellbound? and the recent article from Pastor Mark on CNN’s On Faith blog in which he and Frank Schaeffer gave two different takes on hell, we’ve compiled some resources on hell from last spring and summer for you: 

“To Hell with Hell?”

by Mark Driscoll

Jesus talks about hell more than does anyone else in all of Scripture. Jesus’ words come in the context of the rest of Scripture, which says that God “desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” . . .  Despite God’s love for and patience with sinners, it is a horrid mistake to dismiss the Bible’s clear teachings on hell.

“A Chronology of Rob Bell on Hell”

by Resurgence

We outlined a chronology of the debate that’s was swirling amid the release of former pastor Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Has Ever Lived. This includes a lot of in-depth articles.

“How We Preach on Hell”

by Dave Bruskas

When preaching on the weighty topic of heaven and hell, it’s important to thread the needle of being theologically precise, pastorally sincere, and prophetically persuasive.

“The History of Hell”

by Resurgence

This PDF goes through the history of hell and how prominent people have viewed it from the early church times to today.

Recommended books

• Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, Christopher W. Morgan, Robert A. Peterson, et al. (Zondervan, 2004)
• Is Hell for Real or Does Everyone Go to Heaven? Christopher W. Morgan, ed. (Zondervan, 2011)
• Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle. (David C. Cook, 2011)
• Four Views on Hell, William Crockett. (Zondervan, 1996)

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