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Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up
 
 
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Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up [Kindle Edition]

Francis Chan (Author), Preston Sprinkle (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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How could a loving God send people to hell? Will people have a chance after they die to believe in Jesus and go to heaven?

With a humble respect for God's Word, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle address the deepest questions you have about eternal destiny. They've asked the same questions. Like you, sometimes they just don't want to believe in hell. But as they write, "We cannot afford to be wrong on this issue."

This is not a book about who is saying what. It's a book about what God says. It's not a book about impersonal theological issues. It's a book about people who God loves. It's not a book about arguments, doctrine, or being right. It's a book about the character of God.

Erasing Hell will immerse you in the truth of Scripture as, together with the authors, you find not only the truth but the courage to live it out.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 746 KB
  • Print Length: 208 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0781407257
  • Publisher: David C. Cook (1 July 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0054QAY8I
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #37,139 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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68 of 72 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Erasing Hell 11 July 2011
By Miss Tracey Lamont
Format:Kindle Edition
I found Erasing Hell to be a well throughout, easy to read, bible study on hell. In an age of political correctness Hell is a very unpopular idea - the idea of God eternally punishing and rejecting people doesn't sit easily with anyone. But the choice that we have is to either reinterpret what the Bible says about Hell to make it more palatable and God more understandable or we can accept what the Bible says about hell being a real place. Erasing Hell is not just a book that sets out to defend the existence of Hell in the light of Rob Bell's assertion that the only hell we face is hell on earth, but instead it is a very thoughtful book looking at what the bible says about hell and also asking the hard questions of what hell says about God.

I had expected this book to be more defensive, after all it is largely a response or reaction to Bell's book `Love Wins' but yet this is not a book of gloating - Chan and Sprinkle find no joy in the existence of hell. Instead they invite us to allow God to be bigger than we can grasp or limit and spurs us on to action - if people really do face hell what are we going to do about it? Chan's book restores a reverence for God's word, awe of God's character, wonder at His grace and a call to evangelism. This is not only a book on doctrine but a call to believers to share God's grace.

Here are a few of the highlights:

Erasing Hell on Universalism
"No passage in the Bible says that there will be a second chance after death to turn to Jesus. And that's frightening. It's frightening because the idea of an after-death conversion is the most important ingredient for the Universalist position. It makes or breaks this view.... Read more ›
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Just the right tone 13 Aug 2011
By Bryan
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Who would have thought that the 'hot topic' (pun intended) of 2011 would be that of Hell? After Bell's 'Love Wins', it was only a matter of time until a respected Christian leader wrote a rebuttal and eased themselves on to the NYT bestseller list. It would have been easy for Chan to write a harsh critique of Bell's book. It would have been easy for him to stir up even more debate and division. What he did, however, was something that required a huge amount of skill and is a testimony to his talent as a writer: he humbly and straightforwardly communicated his view of what the Bible says to the topic of Hell in a way that made clear the areas of disagreement but showed grace toward those with whom he disagreed. The tone of this book alone is worth the 4 stars I have given it!

As to the content: Chan has clearly carried out a huge amount of research into this topic and has put forward the biblical position on hell in detail and with clarity. To avoid writing a somewhat dull bible commentary, Chan suffuses his prose with enough anecdotes and personal pleas to make the reader feel as if they are going on the journey of discovery with Chan, rather that sitting in a lecture given by Chan. This is a very different approach to Bell's book which is brash and defiant in its tone - and which raises lots of questions without many answers. Chan's book raises the questions - with fear and trembling - and then goes on to provide coherent answers from the Bible. Two totally different styles - both valid in my opinion.

It is very difficult to argue with anything that Chan writes - he backs up every point with clear examples from the Bible.... Read more ›
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Chan's best work 21 April 2012
By Peter Blair
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It would have been very easy for Chan to demolish the theological atrocity that is "Love Wins", but he takes a different and much more helpful approach.
Engaging well throughout scripture and in particular, the teaching of Jesus, Chan, typical of his writing style, draws the reader in and challenges them to ask "if you really believe in hell, what are you doing about it?"
He makes the interesting observation that while conservative evangelicals in the west are (and rightly so) convinced of hell's existence, we practically deny it by out actions and words, based out of fear of offence.
Thoroughly recommended.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not much substance. 30 May 2013
By Bookman
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I've read the book but there is actually very little answers to difficult questions. I have not benefited or learnt from it anything. Really not much substance.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good as far as it went, just wish it had gone further! 19 Jan 2013
By Paul, Northern Ireland
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This book was strong in dealing with the universalist points, but pretty weak regarding annihilationism. I was left with the idea he thinks there is tension with some passages implying annihilation and others implying eternal conscious punishment, and he didn't try to harmonise the texts. This was disappointing especially when I felt he had done enough to show that the passages implying eternal conscious punishment cannot be read consistently with annihilationism, while the annihilationism passages can quite simply be understood to be consistent with eternal conscious punishment. However, he says he leans heavily on the side of eternal conscious punishment, but I just felt he left it too open. However, a nicely written book on a heavy subject.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very challenging issue
One of the most controversial and debated topics among theologians and lay people alike,is the nature of Hell and its existence.Francis Chan explores this hot (no pun intended! Read more
Published 5 months ago by mark
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent read
disturbing and unpleasant. But Chan tackles debates head-on, while being honest about his own natural distaste for thinking anout Hell. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JB
1.0 out of 5 stars Well intentioned but ultimately toxic rubbish
Francis Chan blows the gaff on his depressing and utterly misguided view of God and scripture early on in this book in the section subtitled 'Let God Be God'. Read more
Published 9 months ago by The ghost of Raymond Chandler
3.0 out of 5 stars Chan, Sprinkle, and Hell
Here is another contribution to the "why you should believe in hell genre. In every case the rationale seems to be the same: the Bible speaks of hell - the Bible is God's word -... Read more
Published 10 months ago by S. H. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Getting a balanced picture
I found this a very good book which gives a different perspective from what we normally hear. As the title says it focuses on life after death and if there is a hell, and is all... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Cosmics
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Found this book very easy to read and handled the delicate subject of hell brilliantly , thought provoking unto action provoking stuff if applied to ur life it will and should... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Stevie1turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Balanced and powerful
I reccomend this book for anyone wanting to get thier head around what the bible really says about Hell. Read more
Published 13 months ago by writetorichg
1.0 out of 5 stars A deeply ignorant and depressing book
It's clear that there is a debate to be had about hell but this book has nothing intelligent to contribute. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Michael W. Phillips
4.0 out of 5 stars Good and balanced
Balanced and thought provoking. A good read especially for those who have read Rob Bell book 'Love Wins' . I am still processing both angles of approach.
Published 15 months ago by Rev. John H. Marsden
3.0 out of 5 stars Ping-Pong Theology has made Science the New Mysticism
Back and forth, back and forth. Theology is like news, there's a channel out there with the narrative you want to hear. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr S. E. Weeks
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