Category Archives: Hell Literature Reviews

An excellent Reformed investigation into some philosophical challenges universalists make about hell. Recommended in particular for its explanation of the loss of the goodness/image of God in the reprobate. Weakened a little by speculation about a infinite regression away from God of those in hell, which is not necessary to explain the justice of hell nor does it match the ...
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Not many answers, but some penetrating philosophical questions for Talbott and his account of "justice" in his universalism ...
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Engaging popular level book on why hell glorifies God. The doctrine is good, the humour is... usually good.  ...
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One of the most comprehensive works on hell ever produced with major sections on the church fathers, the creeds, and exegetical and grammatical proofs of the eternality of hell ...
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An insufficiently scriptural account of God's goodness drives improper conclusions to some useful philosophical questions.  ...
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Explores the concept of eternal punishment in Paul's epistles, focusing on three major passages. Moo covers similar territory better in Hell on Trial ...
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Excellent, medium-length book which surveys both the historical and biblical doctrine of hell with breadth. Not much new here, but a solid resource ...
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Two leading theologians from opposite viewpoints spar over reprobation and how eternal punishment interacts with God's love and His eternal decrees ...
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Three-part sermon series on hell by an excellent expositor. Deals excellently, if succinctly, with universalism and conditionalism ...
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Peoples and Peterson interact over Peterson's traditionalist critiques of Fudge and others. Peterson corrects a couple of points, and clarifies others, ably answering the major objections ...
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