Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair, and guest contributor Peter Berthelson, join Chris Date for a massive five-hour review of his recent debate with Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut, and of some of the conversations that … Continue reading →
Sep 27, 2016•1 hr 40 min
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Daniel Sinclair, and guest contributor Peter Berthelsen, join Chris Date for a massive five-hour review of his recent debate with Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut, and of some of the conversations that … Continue reading →
Sep 27, 2016•1 hr 40 min
Dr. Ray Baker, academic dean at CredoAkademin in Stockholm, Sweden, joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss what he calls "issuant" views of hell and how they fare in their attempts to answer the Problem of Hell. Links The … Continue reading →
Sep 19, 2016•56 min
On Friday, September 9th, 2016, Len Pettis of the Bible Thumping Wingnut and Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date debated the proposition, "Is Conditional Immortality Biblical?" Date affirmed, articulating and defending conditional immortality. Pettis denied, articulating and defending the traditional view … Continue reading →
Sep 16, 2016•2 hr 8 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date continues a series of special episodes celebrating last year's publication of the ministry's second book, A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge, by interviewing its authors. In this second … Continue reading →
Aug 09, 2016•1 hr 15 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date kicks off a series of special episodes celebrating last year's publication of the ministry's second book, A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward Fudge, by interviewing its authors. In this … Continue reading →
Jun 19, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Nick Quient join Chris Date to respond to arguments against conditionalism recently published by Joel Richardson, host of the web TV series "The Underground." This episode contains part two of their discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
May 05, 2016•1 hr 23 min
Rethinking Hell contributors William Tanksley and Nick Quient join Chris Date to respond to arguments against conditionalism recently published by Joel Richardson, host of the web TV series "The Underground." This episode contains part one of their discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
May 05, 2016•53 min
Kurt Willems, founding pastor of Pangea Communities and blogger at The Pangea Blog, joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss what led him to accept conditional immortality and why he encourages Christians to practically give up hell for a … Continue reading →
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Dr. Preston Sprinkle joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his ongoing journey when it comes to his understanding of hell, and the importance of standing up for what one thinks the Bible teaches, even when doing so may … Continue reading →
Feb 28, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Dr. Robin Parry joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Universalism, and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four … Continue reading →
Feb 15, 2016•1 hr 21 min
Professor John Stackhouse joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Conditionalism (or "terminal punishment" as he calls it), and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four … Continue reading →
Feb 05, 2016•53 min
Brad Jersak joins us to discuss hopeful inclusivism, apokatastasis, and the Church Fathers, as well as Jersak's book, Her Gates Will Never Be Shut: Hope, Hell, and the New Jerusalem. Links Jersak's book, Her Gates Will Never … Continue reading →
Jan 30, 2016•1 hr 17 min
Professor Jerry Walls joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his chapter on Purgatory, and his responses to other contributors, in Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four … Continue reading →
Jan 20, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 12 min
Rethinking Hell contributor William Tanksley joins Chris Date to play and respond to clips from an episode of Pastor Sean Cole's "Understanding Christianity" podcast, which he recorded before his debate with Chris was published on Bad Christian's "Pastor With No … Continue reading →
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 28 min
Professor Denny Burk joins Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date to discuss his traditionalist contribution to Zondervan's forthcoming second edition of Four Views on Hell. Links Four Views on Hell @ Zondervan http://zondervanacademic.com/products/four-views-on-hell-1 Four Views on Hell @ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010R9L4BC/ First … Continue reading →
Dec 15, 2015•52 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear joins Chris Date to respond to some clips of Todd Friel of Wretched Radio offering his own unique brand of criticism of annihilationism. This episode contains the second half of their two-hour discussion; listen to … Continue reading →
Oct 13, 2015•55 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Joey Dear joins Chris Date to respond to some clips of Todd Friel of Wretched Radio offering his own unique brand of criticism of annihilationism. This episode contains the first half of their two-hour discussion; stay tuned … Continue reading →
Oct 10, 2015•1 hr 8 min
Rethinking Hell contributors Nick and Allison Quient join Chris Date to respond to some clips from Dr. Robin Parry's plenary speech at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference, in which he presented a theological case for universalism. This episode contains the … Continue reading →
Sep 29, 2015•1 hr 9 min
Rethinking Hell contributors Nick and Allison Quient join Chris Date to respond to some clips from Dr. Robin Parry's plenary speech at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference, in which he presented a theological case for universalism. This episode contains the … Continue reading →
Sep 24, 2015•1 hr 23 min
Rethinking Hell contributors discuss and respond to what the New City Catechism, adapted by Timothy Keller and Sam Shammas from the Reformation catechisms, says about hell. This episode contains the last … Continue reading →
Sep 13, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Rethinking Hell contributors discuss and respond to what the New City Catechism, adapted by Timothy Keller and Sam Shammas from the Reformation catechisms, says about hell. This episode contains the first … Continue reading →
Sep 08, 2015•51 min
Rethinking Hell contributors Glenn Peoples and William Tanksley join Chris Date to play and respond to some clips from the Dividing Line and Unbelievable? programs, in which Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries critiques conditional immortality and annihilationism. … Continue reading →
Aug 20, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Rethinking Hell contributors Glenn Peoples and William Tanksley join Chris Date to play and respond to some clips from the Dividing Line and Unbelievable? programs, in which Dr. James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries critiques conditional immortality and annihilationism. … Continue reading →
Aug 20, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date is joined by former evangelical turned agnostic, Andrew Whyte, to discuss one unbeliever's perspective on the intramural evangelical hell debate. This episode contains the second half of their two-and-a-quarter hour discussion. Links Andrew's "Christian Diversity" … Continue reading →
Aug 07, 2015•1 hr 17 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date is joined by former evangelical turned agnostic, Andrew Whyte, to discuss one unbeliever's perspective on the intramural evangelical hell debate. This episode contains the first hour of their two-and-a-quarter hour discussion. Links Andrew's "Christian Diversity" … Continue reading →
Jul 30, 2015•1 hr 2 min
Rethinking Hell contributors discuss a recent Gospel Coalition article, "7 Truths About Hell," written by J. D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina. Links "7 Truths … Continue reading →
Jul 09, 2015•1 hr 37 min
Rethinking Hell contributor Chris Date interviews Edward Fudge, author of The Fire That Consumes, at the 2014 Rethinking Hell Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas. Links Video recording of the interview (missing minutes at the beginning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30GgPbvehU … Continue reading →
May 14, 2015•58 min