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Why Would a Good God Make a Bad Place Like Hell?

Published on August 16, 2026 By sirrahc

Last month, I shared a vignette from Part 1 of the “Rapid Fire” series published in Stand to Reason’s (STR) newsletter. (It was a follow-up to earlier posts in which I shared vignettes from Parts 4 & 5 in the series.) In this post, Greg Koukl clearly addresses another question (from Part 1) often posed […]

Biblical Teaching on Eternal Punishment

Published on October 31, 2021 By sirrahc

Here is another selection quoting Anglican theologian J.I. Packer in Hell Under Fire, eds. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. The focus is on the Scripturally-based and -supported expression “eternal punishment” as the deserved penalty that some people earn for their sin, as opposed to what universalists believe. (See my earlier post.) But, it […]

Universalism and Salvation

Published on October 10, 2021 By sirrahc

I have been reading the book Hell Under Fire, eds. Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. I highly recommend it. One of the chapters is written by noted Anglican theologian J.I. Packer, in which he addresses the theology of universalism, especially in relation to the eternal destiny of those who do not “accept Jesus” […]