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Will Hell be Literal Fire?

One of the many things that Christians learn about hell is that it is a place of fire. Jesus talks about “eternal fire” (Matthew 25:41) and the book of Revelation...

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The Dog Ate It

In 1994, Time Magazine reported that Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan believed that the body of Jesus was laid in a shallow grave and some wild dogs came along and...

An Eye for an Eye

When I was in high school I remember some students putting up a poster board which read: “An eye for an eye only makes the world blind.” The implication is...

The Unforgivable Sin

Matthew 12:31, Mark 3:29, and Luke 12:10 tell us that there is an unforgivable sin. Jesus says in Matthew “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be...

Hell in the Book of Revelation

I have previously written about the teachings of Jesus and Paul on the topic of hell. Both of them clearly teach that hell will be eternal and an utter place...