However, I found the consistent appeals to scripture and the perspectives of others a wise and helpful solution. Some responses to this book have criticized its lack of originality. Lewis, John MacArthur, and Joni Erickson Tada. A plethora of popular thinkers and writers from a broadly evangelical perspective are quoted throughout Heaven and Hell, including Randy Alcorn, Mark Buchanan, Tony Evans, Billy Graham, C. There are around sixty questions, the answers to which each start with a Bible verse or two addressing the question which was posed, followed by varying lengths of commentary on the question, and ending with a “For Further Thought” reflection and question.

Since many people are approaching these topics with many (often personal) questions, I found Hudson’s reliance on Q&A a useful tactic. Most unique and helpful about Heaven and Hell is the ‘catechetical’ outline, where a question is posed and then answers are offered, and then another question, and so on. The section on hell deals with questions such as how real hell is, if going to hell is a choice, what hell looks like, the final judgment, and contemporary challenges to the belief of hell. In the heaven section, questions are considered dealing with the moments after death, what life in heaven looks like, what heaven looks like, who is in heaven, and the like. Heaven and Hell is divided into (unsurprisingly) two major sections: the first addressing questions on heaven and the second concerning itself with hell. Books engaging heaven and hell have been fairly common since Rob Bell’s Love Wins, and Hudson offers another work from the broadly evangelical camp by drawing upon scripture, personal experience, and the perspectives of popular scholars. Hudson seeks to provide answers to some of the most common questions regarding the afterlife. In Heaven and Hell: Are They For Real?Christopher D.

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