Sense & Nonsense about Heaven & Hell

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310254280
• ISBN13: 9780310254287
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 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.