Randal Rauser is associate professor of historical theology at Taylor Seminary, Edmonton, Canada and was granted Taylor's first annual teaching award for Outstanding Service to Students in 2005.
June 08th, 2011 09:43 PM ET

Must Hitler burn forever?

In case you've been thinking about hell a lot lately, or even if you haven't, have I got a rather sobering treat for you. Today I am making available for you free of charge a thirty-three page chapter I wrote on the doctrine of hell for a book manuscript called The Crazy Things We Believe. Thus far I've written three of an anticipated seven chapters but my literary agent was unable to find this fine manuscript a home so I figure I'll give at least this chapter a new life on the internet. So here it is available for pondering: Must Hitler burn forever?

By the way, to set the proper mood I recommend that before opening the chapter you click here to hear the creepy "Tubular Bells" from "The Exorcist" to serve as the background music into this most disturbing of Christian doctrines.

And now dear reader, listen, read, and ponder...

www.randalrauser.com

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