A Good Place To Start
Much of the traditional case for eternal conscious torment rests on specific Greek words — words that, on closer examination, may not mean what we think. Marvin Richardson Vincent, Thomas Talbott, and Gregory of Nyssa each contribute to a careful reconsideration of what Scripture actually says.
“Aion, transliterated aeon, is a period of longer or shorter duration, having a beginning and an end, and complete in itself. The adjective aionious in like manner carries the idea of time. Neither the noun nor the adjective, in...
“Eternal life, then, is not merely life that comes from God; it is also the mode of living associated with the age to come. And similarly for eternal punishment: It is not merely punishment that comes from God; it is also the form of...
“At some time the nature of evil shall pass to extinction, being fully and completely removed from existence; and divine unmixed goodness shall embrace in itself every rational nature, nothing that has been made by God falling away from...