Jesus and the Other Place

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.