New “Hellbound?” interview outtake featuring William Paul Young (“The Shack”)

This is a 41-minute discussion that features William Paul Young (The Shack), Baxter Kruger (The Shack Revisited) and John MacMurray (To Own a Dragon) talking about the importance of a Trinitarian understanding of God when it comes to how we view things like divine love, wrath and punishment. If you enjoyed The Shack, you’re going [...]

Why what’s clear to you isn’t so clear to me (part 3)

My last post in this series ended in somewhat of a stalemate. I began by explaining how we all read the Bible/Tradition/Experience/Reason through a different Interpretive Principle, which is itself shaped by a unique configuration of the four influences just cited. I concluded by expressing my skepticism as to whether or not any of us [...]

Will I see you at a “Hellbound?” Q&A screening this weekend?

I’m about to do another lightning tour across the US that will see me hit four cities in four days, from the Midwest to the Southwest, before returning home to help open the movie in Vancouver and Langley on Oct. 12. Here’s the plan: Friday, Oct. 5 – I will be in Omaha to do [...]

Would Jesus walk with you in hell?

A band that I can’t seem to get enough of these days is the groove metal group Lamb of God. They’ve been around for years, but for some reason it’s taken me a while to catch up to them. In fact, it was the experience of filming at Copenhell for Hellbound? that renewed my interest [...]

Do you have faith, or merely fear?

If our faith is primarily a mantra to drive away punishment, our faith isn’t really a faith, it is a fear. We feign faith in order to keep from being punished. We believe in an uncertain way only from fear of hell, and so our “faith” is without love and self-serving, a mere survival instinct. [...]

“Hellbound?” opens today in LA, OC, San Diego and Grand Rapids!

That’s right, now folks in all of these markets can see the movie panned by Christianity Today but lauded by the New York Times, the LA Times, Variety, the Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches and a host of others. The movie is also being held over in Minneapolis (Inver Grove) and Dallas (Grapevine). See you at [...]

Hell: The ultimate reality distortion field

Over the past two years, I’ve traveled across North America and beyond filming and promoting Hellbound?, a feature-length documentary that takes a critical look at the traditional Christian doctrine of hell. During that time, I’ve spoken to literally thousands of people about hell. And while I have encountered a precious few who are willing not [...]

Hell is far from an abstract theological discussion

A couple of years ago you would have had a hard time convincing me to head out to the theater to watch a documentary featuring a number of Muslim leaders debating the finer points of Islamic theology. It’s not that I don’t care about Islam or that I wouldn’t find it interesting. It’s just that [...]

“Hellbound?” opens in Nashville tonight!

We are expecting a large crowd tonight at the Belcourt Theater here in Nashville. Frank Schaeffer, Michael Hardin and I will being doing a Q&A following the screening. After that, we are heading across the street to continue the conversation at the Fido Cafe. Everything gets underway at 7pm. I hope to see you there!

Peter Kreeft on hell–a “Hellbound?” outtake

Catholic apologist Peter Kreeft on hell from Kevin Miller on Vimeo.