Topics

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

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

A Voice from Hell

GUEST COLUMN

Richard D. Courtney

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

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.

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.