August 16-17 · Emmanuel Enid Church · Enid, Oklahoma
The sixth annual, international Rethinking Hell conference will be held on August 16-17, 2019, at Emmanuel Enid Church in Enid, Oklahoma (Fri 5pm–Sat 6pm CDT). This will be an occasion for Christians to consider and discuss the nature, duration, and purpose of hell in light of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Speakers include: Dr. Johnathan Pritchett, VP for Academics at Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary; Dr. Marvin Jones, Assistant Professor of Theology at Louisiana College; Lindsay Brooks, former Staff Apologist at Apologetics.com; and Christopher M. Date, editor of Rethinking Hell and A Consuming Passion.
This year, the theme of the conference is
“Hell and the Gospel.”
Christians generally agree that the gospel or “good news” is the message of Jesus’ life, substitutionary death, and resurrection, by which he saves sinners and secures eternal life for them.
Speakers will explore how this should inform Christians’ understanding of what they have been saved from, and what final punishment or consequences await the unsaved in hell.
A variety of related questions may be discussed, including (but not limited to):
Join us as we reason together from the Scriptures and sharpen one another as iron sharpens iron, testing conventional and controversial views of hell in the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
"Hell and the Problem of Heavenly Grief" - James S. Spiegel (Taylor University) - Jim is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Taylor University, and he has authored several books, including most recently, Hell and Divine Goodness: A Philosophical-Theological Inquiry. Having presented a philosophical case for conditional immortality at the 2015 Rethinking Hell Conference, at this conference Jim will ask how believers can expect to be truly happy in heaven knowing that some of their loved ones either are experiencing unending torment in hell or have been destroyed, and he will explore a variety of possible answers to the problem.
"In Christ All Will be Made Alive: Jesus Christ's Death as the Payment that Ransoms Every Human Being from Death" - J. Webb Mealy - Webb is the author of The End of the Unrepentant: A Study of the Biblical Themes of Fire and Being Consumed, and he intends to show that Christ is describable as "the savior of all people" (1 Tim 4:10) in the sense that he provides for the forgiveness of every person's sins and for the rescue of every person from the deserved fate of death, but some will turn back to their wicked ways in the eschaton, to the point that they will have to be destroyed for the protection of those who are living in the full harmony that God desires for his beloved.Our conference venue this year is at Emmanuel Enid Church:
2505 West Owen K Garriott Road, Enid, OK 73703
Please direct your enquiries to the following email address:
contact@rethinkinghellconference.com
Don’t miss out! Reserve your conference tickets today.
