Jesus and the Other Place seeks to take seriously what Jesus tells us about the fate of those who do not follow him. The message Jesus gives us about the next world can be found throughout the Bible, and can be summarised very simply: we are offered two paths, and we can choose between two possible futures - we can receive eternal life, or we can perish.
Traditional mainstream Christian teaching says the unsaved will suffer eternal torment, but this is not the biblical message. Contrary to what many Christians have been taught, the Bible clearly and consistently teaches that those who reject God will perish - they will cease to exist.
The doctrine of eternal torment distorts the gospel message, disrupts our evangelism, and makes honest and sensitive pastoral care for the bereaved even harder than it is already. Even worse, it presents our Heavenly Father as a cruel monster.
Traditional mainstream Christian teaching says the unsaved will suffer eternal torment, but this is not the biblical message. Contrary to what many Christians have been taught, the Bible clearly and consistently teaches that those who reject God will perish - they will cease to exist.
The doctrine of eternal torment distorts the gospel message, disrupts our evangelism, and makes honest and sensitive pastoral care for the bereaved even harder than it is already. Even worse, it presents our Heavenly Father as a cruel monster.
