In the 2012 Shepherd’s Conference, an annual event sponsored by John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary, faculty member Dr. Matt Waymeyer delivered a lecture critical of Annihilationism, entitled Hell Under Fire. This episode of Rethinking Hell is Part 2 of our response to Matt’s lecture, featuring co-hosts Daniel Sinclair and Chris Date.
Links
- Dr. Matt Waymeyer’s lecture Hell Under Fire
- Randy Alcorn Takes John Stott Out of Context (conditionalism.net/blog)
- Episode 4: The Case for Annihilationism with Glenn Peoples (rethinkinghell.com)
- The meaning of ‘apollumi’ in the Synoptic Gospels (rethinkinghell.com)
- “Paul on Hell,” by Dr. Douglas Moo. Moo writes, “In other New Testament passages where ‘eternal’ describes a noun of action, it is sometimes the results of the action that are indicated,” citing Mark 3:29, Heb. 5:9, 6:2, 9:12, and Jude 7.
I know of two movies going by the name Hellbound. One that I’m sure everyone knows—right?—is Clive Barker’s sequel to his Hellraiser classic horror. The other is a new documentary called Hellbound, written and directed by Kevin Miller. I almost added “in which he explores the doctrine of hell” because I believe that is how Miller wants the public to see the movie, but after having watched the movie carefully I don’t think I would naturally describe it that way. None of the important issues of hell—its biblical basis, its historical development, its critics and the evidence they cite—are really broached in what I would call much depth. While I genuinely appreciated aspects of what Miller was trying to say, I came away with real reservations about much of what was presented here, and certainly about the way that it was presented. Aside from watching a movie, playing games like those on 


