Stand Firm Podcast #284: To Hell with It? Annihilationism, Kirk Cameron, and Your Eternal Soul
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Jan 9, 2026 AI Snips
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Exegetical Moves Drive Annihilationism
- Annihilationism often rests on reinterpreting words like 'destruction' and 'aeonios' rather than clear biblical context.
- Matt Kennedy argues those lexical moves are tendentious and don't bear out across parallel uses in Scripture.
Moral Revulsion Shapes The Debate
- Moral revulsion at eternal conscious torment strongly motivates many modern annihilationists.
- That cultural discomfort can shape interpretation more than neutral exegesis, Nick Lannan suggests.
The Damned Remain Unrepentant
- The reprobate in Scripture appear unrepentant and angry, not remorseful.
- Nick Lannan points to 'weeping and gnashing of teeth' as evidence of continued hostility toward God in hell.