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Interesting article on Anselm and hell from the perspective of beauty, but ultimately misreads Anselm. Excerpts 332
By paying special attention to Anselm’s concern for beauty, order, harmony, symmetry, and so forth, we attain a new vantage point from which to understand, first, his theory of the Incarnation and, secondly, his largely implicit conception of the necessary beauty of hell ...
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Contains philosophical objections to the doctrine of hell ...
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Great article which surveys the preaching on eternal matters in the history of the church. Concise, encouraging and emboldening. Highly recommended ...
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Useful journal article, with some very interesting insights, albeit some unwarranted conclusions ...
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Interesting article on the role of compassion and love towards those in hell. Interacts with many church fathers, but ultimately misses much of the Bible’s teaching on wrath and God’s hatred ...
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Packer draws from a deep well and gets some things right about hell but unfortunately gets a few too many things wrong. This is especially fascinating in light of the many forewords and recommendations he has given to book on hell from a traditional perspective ...
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Short, philosophical article that includes some rather interesting thought experiments against Sider’s vagueness argument against the traditional hell ...
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Genuinely useful, if ultimately unbiblical viewpoint. Worth the interaction. See also Blocher’s chapter in Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell ...
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Some serious missteps here by McCord Adams in this philosophy-oriented article, and not only from a biblical perspective, but even in reading other authors well ...
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