According to the best guesses of early medieval western Christians, there were effectively two waiting rooms: ‘near Heaven’ for the upwardly mobile and ‘near Hell’ for the less fortunate.

43: The Final State: Heaven and Hell J. A. Motyer Christianity Today September 28, 1962 issue ...

In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus also tells us two things about hell: Hell Truth No. 1: Hell is the eternal place of destruction Both heaven and hell are eternal. Try to wrap your mind around this.

There are over two billion Christians in the world, the vast majority of whom believe in heaven and hell. You die and your soul goes either to everlasting bliss or torment (or purgatory en route).

There are certainly some aspects of evangelicals’ traditional teachings about hell that do trouble me. I don’t want to hear repeats of the fire-and-brimstone sermons of my youth. These are ...

Bart D. Ehrman. Yale Univ, $32.50 (344p) ISBN 978-0-300-257007 This illuminating deep dive by religious studies professor Ehrman (Heaven and Hell) examines the roots of Christian views on the ...

But who does go to hell, and what is it like? In Hell: A Guide, Anthony DeStefano, best-selling author of more than 20 Christian books, including a Travel Guide to Heaven, takes readers to hell.

In Heaven and Hell, Bart Ehrman, a professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author or editor of more than two dozen books, including Misquoting ...