Four Views on Hell Book Review

Four Views on Hell
By Preston Sprinkle, general editor

I’m not exactly sure where the breakdown happened that in the scope of the gospel that hell became an even more important topic than the cross, but recently there has been a ton of controversy over it. Every theological side has been thrown into the wind of social media and it seems either long standing tradition or the loudest most popular voice wins.

This book comes from the “counterpoint series” which is almost like reading a parallel bible. So what we have is a book that is broken down by not only by theological concepts but also written by multiple authors. I was impressed by how each section was consistent in how it was written and broke down each concept in detail. Each chapter was grounded in the word and backed up with theology versus conjecture. What I mean is this is not just a bunch of guys opinions and “revisionist” theories. This is years of research done and written out to have a conversation over this difficult topic.

General editor Preston Sprinkle concludes the discussion by evaluating each view, noting significant points of exchange between the essayists.

Again this “conversation in book form” was interesting, but also a bit sterile. It is written a bit too technical and gives off the air of being a seminary book that is really only suited for a person wielding a hi-lighter. What I mean to say is this is NOT for your average reader, but it is worth attempting to tackle.

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