The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity

The conclusion to "A New Kind of Christian" trilogy where the author offers a lively, wide-ranging fictional conversation between Pastor Dan Poole and friends. In this third installment, this circle of friends grapple with conventional Christian teachings about hell and judgment and what they mean for our relationship with God and each other. Is there an alternative to the usual polar views of a just God short on mercy or a merciful God short on justice? Could our conflicted views of hell be symptoms of a deeper set of problems - misunderstandings about what God's justice and mercy are about, misconceptions about God's purpose in creating the world, deep misgivings about what kind of character God is and what the Christian gospel is for?