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I am thankful for a positive review of “Is There Anything Good About Hell?” in Themelios, by Rob Golding. “Dirks’s work is very good. Though he says that his aim “is not to defend hell” but is rather to “explore and explain the ‘good’ of hell” (p. x), it functions very well as a defense of the traditional doctrine of ...
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This is the third in a series of responses to the extensive review of Is There Anything Good About Hell? by the conditionalist, David Jukobovic. As stated previously, the reviewer is erudite and congenial, both welcome attributes in a reviewer. I will be dealing exclusively in this installment with the reviewer’s response to chapter 8, Infinite Honour and Infinite Sin ...
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In part one of my response to David Jakubovic’s review of Is There Anything Good About Hell (AGAH), I introduced a few small matters concerning my intentions with this series of articles and the constraints and goals of my book, before finally arguing that there is a strong theological tradition concerning the word “evil” (eg. Aquinas) that does not bleed ...
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Todd Friel at Wretched Radio does a spot on the doctrine of hell including a lengthy section drawing from Is There Anything Good About Hell, which he states presents an “airtight case” for the doctrine of hell and that it is done “magnificently.” [You really need to hear Friel say this word-lol] Thank you Todd and Wretched Radio for getting ...
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Several weeks ago, I was contacted by a friendly annihilationist who had written a critical review of the book that was both impressive and erudite . It begins by stating, “This is the most coherent philosophical/theological defence of Eternal Conscious Torment  that I have seen. Author Dirks doesn’t just go for the usual ‘low-hanging fruit’ that we have all heard ...
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A very positive review of “Is There Anything Good About Hell” from Bob Snyder, including a Q & A in which he asks me some deep questions about hell, one about what Bible I am using, and a trite one about whether I hate neckties! Check it out:
https://snyderssoapbox.com/2021/08/30/a-snyders-soapbox-review-of-is-there-anything-good-about-hell-by-paul-dirks/
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