Actor and podcaster Kirk Cameron ignited a theological firestorm this week after announcing that he no longer believes in Hell as a place of eternal conscious torment. On his Dec. 3 episode of The Kirk Cameron Show, he and his son James explored passages on Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna, arguing that the traditional doctrine of Hell is incompatible with God’s justice. Instead, Cameron leaned toward annihilationism—the belief that the wicked simply cease to exist rather than endure eternal punishment.
Cameron’s position—rooted partly in the writings of Edward. . .