Month: April 2020

In this episode of Rethinking Hell Live, Chris Date discusses what the Bible really says about dual resurrection, the truth that one day both saved and lost will be raised bodily from the dead. Chris looks at two seemingly contradictory sets of biblical texts: those which explicitly affirm dual resurrection, and those that explicitly or implicitly deny the wicked will be raised. Then, Chris argues that harmonizing or reconciling these texts requires belief in conditional immortality, according to which the unsaved will be raised mortal and literally die a second time, never to live again.

– Peter Grice’s article, “The Neglected Doctrines of Resurrection and Bodily Transformation”: http://rethinkinghell.com/2017/12/12/the-neglected-doctrines-of-resurrection-and-bodily-transformation/

In this episode of Rethinking Hell Live, Chris Date interviews annihilationist Randal Rauser on the terminology of “conditional immortality” and “annihilationism,” and on what he thinks is the biggest ethical/theology challenge to conditionalism/annihilationism.

– Randal Rauser’s website: https://randalrauser.com/

– The website of Taylor Seminary: http://www.taylor-edu.ca/

– Randal Rauser’s video presenting the challenge: https://randalrauser.com/2020/04/whats-the-biggest-problem-with-annihilationism/

– Joey Dear’s article positing an answer: http://rethinkinghell.com/2012/07/22/double-jeopardy-why-raise-the-dead-only-to-destroy-them/

In this episode of Rethinking Hell Live, Chris Date looks at the late-first- or early-second-century writing known as the Epistle of Barnabas, demonstrating that its author was a believer in conditional immortality and annihilationism, not a believer in eternal torment.