Does the Bible clearly teach that those who did in their sin are tormented for all eternity in the lake of fire? Or does it suggest that there is an end to God’s wrath against sinners? While the church has long held the former position, in late 2025, Kirk Cameron posted a video where he genuinely questions the doctrine of eternal judgment, or, as those who hold to conditional immortality like to call it, eternal conscious torment. This view, often called annihilationism, redefines Biblical death and eternal torment for a period of judgment ending in annihilation. While we will deal with many of the verses that they use in this episode, it is worth first considering how changes to eternal judgment affects all of theology. Those who argue for conditional immortality often act like their view does not impact other doctrines. So here’s the question: Are they correct?
Thumbnail image by Ivan Vtorov under CC BY-SA 3.0. It shows not hell, but a lava lake in a Hawaiian volcano.
Timecodes
00:00:00 Why Does it Matter?
00:04:49 What Is Death?
00:19:12 Changing Terms
00:22:26 Eternal Contempt
00:28:16 Unpayable Debt
00:36:56 Rich Man and Lazarus
00:42:36 Destroying Soul and Body
00:52:19 The Second Death
00:59:13 God Can’t Be Like That?
01:08:11 Wages of Sin Death
01:12:42 Corruption in Hell
01:14:09 Conclusion
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