Do you have a problem with the idea of a loving God condemning people to an eternity in hell? Regardless of your doctrinal position on this subject, you should. Because no-one ever had a bigger problem with this idea than God himself…

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• What Does God Say, or What Do We Think?
• The Historical Background
• The Vocabulary of Jesus
• Why is God so Strict?
• The Impossibility of Compulsory Love
• Evil’s Vicious Spiral
• Was Jesus Exaggerating?
• What Do We Know So Far?
• The Struggle to Understand
• The Grief of God
• Hell to Win?
• Or Heaven to Pay?
• Hell to Win or Heaven to Pay – Appendices
  • Appendix A – How Long is an Aeon?
    Does eternity ever end?
  • Appendix B – The Buck stops Where?
    How can there be a permanent end to guilt and shame?
  • Appendix C – Is Death Forever?
    Can there be any end to a person’s suffering in Hell?
  • Appendix D – The Unforgivable Sin
    What is this, and why is it unforgivable?