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This diverse collection of essays in honor of Edward William Fudge explores the topics of hell and immortality, for which Fudge has been widely known through his magnum opus, The Fire That Consumes. Most Christians believe people will live and suffer in hell forever, but Fudge defends a view known historically as "conditional immortality" He and a growing minority of Christians believe God will grant immortality only to those who meet the condition of being united with Christ on the Last Day, while those who do not will perish forever. Although Christians sharing Fudge's view have defended it both before and after him, conditionalists today still point to The Fire That Consumes as the seminal treatment of the topic. In July 2014, Christians from around the world gathered at the inaugural Rethinking Hell conference, to celebrate Fudge's life and work and to discuss the nature of hell in an open and respectful forum. This volume contains most of the essays presented at that conference, and several others volunteered by conditionalists since then, as a gift to Fudge for the tremendous impact he has had on them, and for the continued work he does for God's kingdom.
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- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.03" w x 6.00" l, 1.30 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 454 pages
A Consuming Passion: Essays on Hell and Immortality in Honor of Edward FudgeFrom Pickwick Publications Review ''This new set of essays on the topic of hell's duration is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion on this important topic . . . What we have here is not a bunch of hobbyhorse theologians sitting around agreeing with each other, but a group of astute pastors and scholars wrestling with what God's inspired word says about hell. I commend this book to anyone who is wrestling with the topic of God's future judgment.''--Preston Sprinkle, Vice President for Eternity Bible College's Boise extension, coauthor of Erasing Hell and People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue ''This excellent collection of compelling essays is not only a fitting tribute to the lifelong passion and work of a great scholar; it's a superb opportunity for readers to be relieved of the onerous weight of believing our loving Creator vengefully consigns people to an unending nightmare from which they will never awake. If you share this traditional view of hell, please do yourself a favor and devour this work!'' --Gregory A. Boyd, President of Reknew.org and author of Benefit of the Doubt: Breaking the Idol of Certainty''This is a dangerous book. These eminently readable essays--by turns personal, exegetical, theological, and historical--have the potential to change the minds and hearts of the contemporary church on the question of final judgment. Read at your own risk!''--J. Richard Middleton, Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College and author of A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology --Wipf and Stock Publishers
About the Author Christopher M. Date is the editor of Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism (2014), and blogs and podcasts for the Rethinking Hell project. He works as a software engineer in the Pacific Northwest.Ron Highfield is Professor of Religion at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He is the author of The Faithful Creator: Affirming Creation and Providence in an Age of Anxiety (2015).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Great (Not So) Little Festschrift By Djcool955555 (Full disclosure: I am affiliated with Rethinking Hell, the organization that spearheaded this project. But it's not like I contributed an essay to it or get any royalties, so you should listen to me anyway lol)Now, A Consuming Passion is overall a useful and interesting volume on the theological topic of conditional immortality/annihilationism. Because this volume (as discussed below) attempts to serve multiple purposes, the way it is useful will vary from person to person. Nevertheless, one way or another, it is a useful resource for any biblical Christian.The volume sets out to fulfill a number of purposes, and does them all pretty well. It attempts to pay Edward Fudge due honor, and accomplishes this both with kind words and admiration, as well as occasional (but charitable) critiques of certain arguments of his in a handful of appropriate places. The volume serves also as something of a memorabilia collection from the inaugural Rethinking Hell conference in 2014 (the theme of which was also honoring Edward Fudge). Although a number of the essays are original, the volume also includes 11 of the 14 papers that were presented at the conference (the 3 not included, I believe, were criticisms of annihilationism and would therefore not be appropriate to this particular collection, though that isn't to deny that they have literary value in their own right). Lastly, it makes the case for conditional immortality with a number of methods and from a number of viewpoints, with the help of a number of very knowledgeable and reputable theologians and scholars, and thus helps to push evangelical theology in that correct direction.The books is thematically split up into five main sections. The first part focuses specifically on Edward Fudge and his contributions to conditionalism, Christian theology, and the kingdom of God overall. For those who have had the pleasure of knowing Edward Fudge to any extent, this section is especially fulfilling to read.The second section focuses on theological and philosophical arguments for annihilationism, including contributions from professional theologians and philosophers like Gordon Isaac and James Spiegel. Combined with sections 3 and 4, this section puts together the core of the book as a persuasive volume.The third section picks up where the second volume left off, focusing on exegesis of specific biblical texts.The fourth section looked at history and polemics, including a historical examination of Jewish views on hell around the time of Jesus, contributed by Dr. David Instone-Brewer, senior research fellow at Tyndale House, Cambridge. On the more polemical side was possibly my personal favorite essay in the collection, "Sic et Non" by Ronnie Demler. In it, Demler calls attention not only to how the language of final punishment in the Bible is the exact opposite of what we would expect if eternal torment were true, but also to how traditionalist theologians, across the centuries and across denominations, openly and unabashedly describe hell in ways that are the exact opposite of what the Bible says. In almost excruciating detail, he cites literally dozens of respected and well-known theologians preaching and writing that in hell, the unsaved never die, they live forever, they are never destroyed, they have immortality and even "eternal life,' despite the Bible saying that the unsaved are destroyed, they will die, they will not have "eternal life" etc. Demler then looks at attempts made to reconcile this dilemma, and shows that they are wanting.The core sections (2-4) are probably what a traditionalist or uncommitted reader would be most interested in. As a conditionalist, however, I found the fifth section to be especially worth the read. In this final section, the authors discuss the road ahead and where conditionalists should go from here. From Chris Date's point by point recommendations for avoiding the mistakes that killed the resurgence of conditional immortality among evangelicals in the 19th century, to Ralph Bowle's insights on effective evangelism towards the unsaved, a conditionalist with an active interest in the subject of final judgment can glean lot of valuable lessons from this final section.Overall, this is a very good volume. Some contributions are definitely much stronger than others, and one should know going in that it is not going to make as strong a persuasive a case for conditionalism as a dedicated volume to that goal would do (Edward Fudge's The Fire that Consumes comes to mind). Still, overall this volume is worth the (admittedly considerable) time it takes to read it. A Consuming Passion both encourages fans of Edward Fudge on a personal level, and on a broader level, contributes in moving evangelical, biblical Christianity in the right direction.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. As a contributor to this fine volume, I admit my bias By Nicholas Quient As a contributor to this fine volume, I admit my bias. However this work is both deserved (by Edward Fudge, as the man who inspired us to reexamine our views about eternal punishment), and needed (since we are evangelicals and hold Scripture as the final authority in faith and practice). A fresh, insightful, and diverse anthology that demands your attention. Chapters that are especially helpful include:Gregory G. Stump, "Dear Edward," which chronicles the various letters Edward received over the years. They include F.F. Bruce and others!Claude Mariottini, "The Punishment of the Wicked in Isaiah 66:24."David Instone-Brewer, "Eternal Punishment in First-Century Jewish Thought."More could be named, but these essays are insightful, helpful, and reveal various facts that are overlooked in the evangelical debate concerning eternal punishment.Yes, I am biased. Yes, I am also right.NQ
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