Author Archives: Ronnie

Third Edition of The Fire That Consumes Now Available

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ronnie

In addition to an explosion of blog activity, recent months have seen a spate of hastily published books, written in response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins. For instance, here, here, and here—and who said evangelicals tend to overreact? In the … Continue reading →

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Jim Warner Wallace on Matthew 25:46

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Ronnie

Jim Wallace, host of the PleaseConvinceMe.com Podcast, recently devoted a number of episodes to the doctrine of hell. Of special interest to me is his May 9 episode, particularly a lengthy portion (from around 28:00 to 54:00) where he discusses conditionalism … Continue reading →

Posted in annihilationism, bad arguments, conditionalism | 2 Comments

Good Friday

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ronnie

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had … Continue reading →

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R.C. Sproul on Hell: Wrong Five Times in Just Four Paragraphs

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ronnie

I recently ran across a blog entry entitled R.C. Sproul on Hell. The post is just an excerpt from one of Sproul’s books, prefaced by a comment that the selection is “a great treatment on the doctrine of Hell.” While I’m accustomed to shoddy … Continue reading →

Posted in history, sloppy scholarship | 7 Comments

A Brief Word on Terminology

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ronnie

A quick word on “conditionalism” vs “annihilationism” On this blog I will be using the terms synonymously to refer to the view that the impenitent will one day be completely destroyed.  I prefer conditionalism over annihilationism, if you couldn’t tell … Continue reading →

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Conditionalism and The Second Council of Constantinople

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Ronnie

I can’t count the number of times I’ve read the claim that conditionalism was condemned as heresy at the Second Council of Constantinople. Most recently, I encountered the claim here. As usual, the assertion is not substantiated with an actual … Continue reading →

Posted in conditionalism, history, sloppy scholarship | 14 Comments