Christian philosopher Jeff Cook joins Rethinking Hell contributor Joshua Anderson to discuss conditionalism and his recent book, Everything New.
Promoted Resources
- The website for Everything New: http://everythingnew.org/
- The church at which Jeff pastors: http://www.whatisatlas.com/
- The philosophy department of UNC where Jeff lectures: http://www.unco.edu/philosophy/
Podcast Outline
- 00:00
- Intro Music
- 00:53
- Chris Introduces the episode
- 01:40
- Joshua intro to the guest, Jeff Cook
- 02:52
- Origin of Cook’s interest in philosophy / his education
- 05:27
- Cook’s writing: starting with article “Repainting Hell“
- 08:20
- Applying Cook’s definition of “orthodoxy” to the doctrine of hell
- 10:00
- Rob Bell consistent on hell; he believes in it
- 10:58
- Pluralism a “dead option,” but four others still available
- 11:15
- “Universalism” used in two ways: Soteriology and a theory of reality (pluarlism)
- 13:15
- Hell as rehabilitation (Rob Bell’s view?)
- 14:12
- Function of Hell in Universalistic views
- 14:54
- Cook’s view: Annihilationism (Function = Destruction)
- 16:30
- On to the Book: Everything New, by Jeff Cook
- 21:05
- Hell an “anti-creation”
- 23:15
- Traditional hell does not fit as well into big picture
- 24:35
- Atheist view actually more Biblical than tradition? A charming feature, says Cook.
- 26:10
- Traditionalism an [unnecessary] hindrance to unbelievers/atheists
- 28:15
- Annihilationism: Rescue Plan instead of Fear Factor
- 31:48
- Christians get bad name because of the traditional view of hell
- 32:20
- Heaven should not be viewed in escapist terms
- 39:00
- Real eschatalogical trajectory (judgment *will* occur)
- 41:03
- Wrap up by Joshua
- 41:42
- Outro Music
- 41:50
- Chris closes the episode and reads 3 reviews (2 good / 1 bad) from iTunes
