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The Variety & Theological Implications of Private Revelations

THE ODD CASE OF ADRIENNE VON SPEYR -- PART II

Richard E. Gallagher

Evil spirits, often in a very subtle manner, have been far more clever and more destructive of sound spiritual thinking than generally supposed.

Choose Your Own Eternity

LOOKING BEYOND REWARD & PUNISHMENT

Pete Jermann

What follows death is the extension into eternity of what we chose in this world. When we pass from this life, what we wanted here will be what we want forever.

On the Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. By Christopher Marlowe.

LITERATURE MATTERS

Michael S. Rose

Once Faustus takes possession of Mephistophilis as his servant, it becomes apparent that the Devil isn’t so much serving as manipulating him.

Scalfari Strikes Again

Knowing Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari's habit of not taking notes during interviews, why does Francis continue to allow him to stir up controversy and cause PR headaches for the Vatican?

Presumption: A Pathetic Self-Deception

GUEST COLUMN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

How can one disobey God's laws with impunity, redefine rights at will, call sin a virtue, regard self-interest as "conscience," and yet "hope" to be saved by God's mercy?

A Voice from Hell

GUEST COLUMN

Richard D. Courtney

Everyone has heard of Hell. But most of us just brush it off. We aren't going there, so why worry? We have better things to think about.

Embarrassing & Contradictory

In Catholic doctrine, God gives us free will, so we can repent or not. Kendall gets free will and predestination mixed up. Embarrassing!

Hell and Other Destinations

LAST THINGS

Tom Bethell

The intelligentsia of the Western world has to a very large extent decided that death itself is the final end, and the response of the Church is practically inaudible.

Plan A & Plan B

George Kendall has problems with the belief held by many traditional Catholics that the majority of mankind is damned.

The Most Important Question in Life

Why we pay so much attention to Hell...

Evangelization as if It Doesn't Matter

How can there be any fervor if we don't know why we should evangelize?

If Everyone Is Saved...

WHY BOTHER?

Dale Vree

If no one goes to Hell, then all the talk about Hell in the Bible — and from the Church — is utterly cruel, needlessly cruel, maybe sadistic.

Is Hell Closed Up & Boarded Over?

ON BEING MORE TENDERHEARTED THAN GOD HIMSELF

David Watt

Where eternal rewards and punishments are concerned, are we more tenderhearted and clear-eyed than our forebears in faith -- than God Himself?

On Repressing the Fear of the Lord

A METAPHYSICAL CHAPTER ELEVEN

John Linton

Hell, Air-Conditioned

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

There Goes Hell & the Second Coming

LETTER FROM ENGLAND

John Warwick Montgomery

Bad Things & Good People

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

Many cannot bring themselves to believe in Hell, which Christ tells us repeatedly (40 times) is an essential part of his religion.