Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell (Sense and Nonsense)

By Robert M. Bowman Jr., Kenneth D. Boa, Kenneth D. Boa

Book Overview

Thinking Clearly and Biblically about Eternity, Afterlife, and Death

Did you know that the original biblical languages use several words for heaven and hell that mean different things? Did you know that there are different beliefs about how many heavens and hells there are?

To make matters still more confusing, other religions and philosophies have contributed their own ideas to the mix until it's hard to separate sound biblical teaching from speculation, falsehood, and folklore.

Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell by Kenneth Boa--author of spiritual formation bestseller Conformed to His Image--helps you cut through the clutter to see what the Bible really reveals about heaven and hell, salvation, and judgment.

In this book, you'll learn:

Why Jesus is the only means of understanding heaven or hell.Different biblical words for heaven and hell and what they likely meant to the authors who wrote them.A biblical understanding of whether "the fires of hell" are literal or figurative.What we can and can't know about heaven from what's been revealed in Scripture.A better understanding of God's judgment: who will go where, and why.

Get ready for some surprises! This book will help you set aside your preconceptions and pierce through the myths and misinformation to gain an accurate, truly biblical perspective on heaven and hell.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310254280
• ISBN13: 9780310254287
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Clear contrasts

This book clearly exposes common myths (such as universal salvation) that many people have. It backs up statements with Scripture. A very interesting read and very useful for evangelism.

Good Interesting Book

The Book was interesting and had a lot of interesting thoughts quite a number of which I don't believe Christians think about, for example, the difference between "living" and "existing". I certainly will return to it from time to time as a reference for study on some of these subjects.

They convinced me.

I am a conservative Christian who did his own study on the Biblical view of Hell. I had come to the tentative conclusion that Jesus taught a certain type of Annihilationism (specifically, that those not forgiven of their sins by Jesus went to Hell for a finite period of time, the length dependant upon the severity of their sins, and then simply ceased to exist). I had read multiple books on the subject, and presented my view to multiple scholars. But it was not until I read this book that I was convinced of the faults of my view. They addressed every single one of my objections to the eternity of Hell in a very clear manner. Formal theological education is not necessary to easily follow the arguments in the book. I highly recommend it to anyone who struggles with questions regarding the Biblical view of Heaven and Hell.