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Are such things to be taken literally?
Suggested Additional Sources for Reading
- Jason Boyett, Pocket Guide to the Afterlife (Jossey-Bass, 2009).
- Stanley N. Gundry et al., Four Views of Hell (Zondervan, 1997).
- Alice K. Turner, The History of Hell (Mariner, 1995).
- T. J. Wray and Gregory Mobley, The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil’s
Biblical Roots (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).
Suggested Questions for Further Discussion/Thought
- Why is hell such an important concept to some Christians?
- What do our beliefs about hell say about our theology, or picture, of God?
- Most Christians believe in a dualistic afterlife (heaven and hell). Yet a
fi ery place of torment is in contrast to the idea of Sheol as found in most
of the Old Testament. Still, Jesus clearly believes in a fi ery hell. Is this a
doctrine that “evolved” from the Old Testament to the New Testament?
How do you reconcile two contrasting doctrines if both have biblical
support?