John Gill in commenting on Jude 7, and the punishment of "πυρὸς αἰωνίου" (eternal fire) that came upon Sodom, mentioned Philo.  Ph...

The orthodox doctrine of Hell is not fully captured by the Apostles' Creed, which speaks of the the judgment of the living and the dead,...

Usually, I think of Matthew as the Gospel with the clearest presentation of Hell.  On the other hand, Luke contains at least one surprisingl...

Some annihilationists see Jude 7's comment about Sodom and eternal fire as lending support to their view that the fire of the final judg...

C. Jay Cox has seven arguments for annihilationism.  In the following discussion, I respond to and rebut each of them, in advance of a debat...

 In a recent video, Chris Date (CD) claims that Ignatius of Antioch was an annihilationist ( link ).  CD generally uses the term "condi...

Chris Date (CD) has a video in which he claims that Clement of Rome held to "conditional immortality" ( link  - if you're inte...

Chris Date has a video arguing for the idea that Polycarp of Smyrna held to conditional immortality ( link to video ). CD's arguments ha...

If you are going to consider the subject of the eternal torments of hell, you cannot limit yourself to the New Testament.  You also should n...

Amongst the various descriptions of suffering in hell, one notable description is the gnashing of teeth.  In the New Testament, Matthew prov...

Sometimes a person who is an annihilationist will argue as follows (Please note that I'm not endorsing any aspect of this representation...