__Francis Chan__ has been a pastor for over thirty years. He is a New York Times–bestselling author of several books, including Crazy Love, Letters to the Church, and Until Unity. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married nearly thirty years and coauthored You and Me Forever. Currently, Francis and his family split their time between ministry and church planting in Northern California and Asia.   
  
__Dr. Preston M. Sprinkle__ is the president of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender and a New York Times–bestselling author who's written a dozen books, including People to Be Loved, an award-winning book on faith and homosexuality. Preston and his wife, Chris, live in Boise, Idaho, with their four kids.

__How could a loving God send people to hell? Will people have a chance after they die to believe in Jesus and go to heaven?__

With a humble respect for God's Word, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle address the deepest questions you have about eternal destiny. They've asked the same questions. Like you, sometimes they just don't want to believe in hell. But as they write, "We cannot afford to be wrong on this issue."

This is not a book about who is saying what. It's a book about what God says. It's not a book about impersonal theological issues. It's a book about people who God loves. It's not a book about arguments, doctrine, or being right. It's a book about the character of God.

Erasing Hell will immerse you in the truth of Scripture as, together with the authors, you find not only the truth but the courage to live it out.

Addressing a variety of views on hell, the Bible, and the character of God, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle offer an eloquent response to the recent media storm surrounding questions of eternal destiny.

Francis Chan;Preston M. Sprinkle

Cover

Endorsements

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Introduction

1-Does Everyone Go to Heaven

2-Has Hell Changed Or Have We

3-What Jesus Actually Said about Hell

4-What Jesus’ Followers Said about Hell

5-What Does This Have to Do with Me

6-What If God

7-Don’t Be Overwhelmed

Appendix-Frequently Asked Questions

Bibliography

About the Author

About the Coauthor

Excerpt from Forgotten God

Forgotten God chapter 7

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New York Times-bestselling authors Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle provide biblical answers to deep questions about hell and eternity.   
   
 What you believe about hell changes the way you live. Questions like, “How could a loving God send people to hell?” and “Is hell real?” are constant in today’s culture. In Erasing Hell, you will:

- Discover the Biblical truth about the afterlife
- Learn more about the all-loving character of God
- Discern what you really believe about Christianity and hell

   
 With a humble respect for God’s Word, Chan and Sprinkle study the character of God and find not only the truth, but the courage to live it out. As you grapple with the doctrine of hell, let God transform your heart through renewed reverence for Him and love for the people around you.  
   
 For further individual or group study, check out Stop Erasing Hell, an interactive ten-week companion to Erasing Hell.

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Recent publications have seen many a debate surrounding the doctrine of Hell, particularly in response to Rob Bell’s latest book, Love Wins. Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle’s approach is not to directly attack Bell’s theology – although parts of his book are quoted in places – but instead to draw people’s attention away from the dangers of human reasoning and back to the basics of the Bible.   
The opening line of Erasing Hell sets the tone for the whole book as it soberly states: ‘If you are excited to read this book, you have issues’. Right from the outset, Chan and Sprinkle aim to convict the reader of the seriousness of the topic. The doctrine of Hell is not an interesting theology to be avidly debated within academic circles, they say. Instead, it is a real, and terrifying, destination for a large number of people; we should approach it reverently and sombrely, with only God’s Word as our guide.   
Chan’s clear writing style and Sprinkle’s research make for a compelling combination. Together, they consider what the First-Century Jews would have understood about Hell, what Jesus taught about it specifically, the numerous warnings in the Bible of an eternal punishment for sin, and how Universalist teaching has distorted biblical truth today.   
They are very careful to ensure that God’s Word and His glory are given centre stage throughout the book. They admit that if they were God, they would do things differently. The doctrine of Hell – along with so many other doctrines of the Bible – is a difficult one to swallow. Admitting that they find it tough, however, isn’t a reflection on their faith or on their view of God. Chan emphasises Isaiah 55:8 which states that God’s thoughts and ways are beyond our understanding, and because of this he knows that God’s sense of justice is also far superior to ours. The greatest challenge of this book is to ‘let God be God’ (p.17). Chan encourages us that while we might not understand, or even like the picture that God’s paints for unbelievers, we can be confident that He is completely sovereign, completely good and completely just. The message is difficult, but the reality of Hell should only spur us on further, urgently, to preach the good news to all.

Erasing Hell

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I read this book ,and although I have always beleived in hell, it made me realise all the more that I don't want anyone to end up there.It shocked me,and Chan is right we can't afford to be wrong about the existence of hell,everyone's eternal destiny is at stake, let's stop refusing to tell people the truth about it because we think they will be offended, its far worse that they go through life not beleving only to end up there when it could have been avoided.

A sobering look at what the Bible really says about hell.

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