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When there is hell to pay: On the problem of eternal punishment
February 01st, 201005:26 PM ETIn the last post I turned to the most difficult of Christian doctrines, the doctrine of hell as eternal conscious torment. There certainly are passages that seem to suggest this doctrine. For instance, consider Jesus' chilling words in Matthew 25:41: "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire...
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