What if the picture of hell many of us inherited isn’t actually the picture Scripture gives us?

In this episode, we begin a new series: Rethinking Hell.

For many of us, the word hell immediately brings to mind flames, torment, punishment, and eternal suffering. But there’s a problem: the English word “hell” collapses several very different biblical words into one.

We’ll begin unpacking four important words:

Sheol — the Hebrew realm of the dead Hades — the Greek realm of the dead Gehenna — the Valley of Hinnom and its imagery of judgment Tartarus — a term used only once in the New Testament concerning rebellious spiritual beings

We’ll also take a closer look at Jesus’ story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke ...