Presentations

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This page lists many of the various presentations I've given over the years, particularly at conferences (e.g., Rethinking Hell; ETS; etc.). To learn more about and watch any of the presentations below, click its "presentation details" button. Click the "featured presentations" button to list only presentations I've highlighted as featured.

Hell & Final Punishment: Three Views

Hell & Final Punishment: Three Views

Chris presented this overview of Christian views of hell to InterVarsity students at Pacific Lutheran University, on 04/19/2023.

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Overview of End-Times Views

Overview of End-Times Views

Chris presented this overview of end-times views to InterVarsity students at Pacific Lutheran University, on 04/12/2023.

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Apocalypse: Four Interpretations of the Book of Revelation | Table of Hope Theology Nights

Apocalypse: Four Interpretations of the Book of Revelation | Table of Hope Theology Nights

Chris and three friends present the four Christian interpretations of the Book of Revelation at Table of Hope's inaugural Theology Night.

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Damn! Theology on Tap Goes to Hell: Exploring the Other Place with Guest Chris Date

Damn! Theology on Tap Goes to Hell: Exploring the Other Place with Guest Chris Date

Chris Date walks Theology on Tap Houston through what hell is and isn't and helps them understand the major theories/doctrines around it.

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Chris Date–Cultural CPR: Breathing Life into a Culture of Death

Chris Date–Cultural CPR: Breathing Life into a Culture of Death

Chris Date argues that evangelical Christians need to more fully embrace a culture of life in order to reform the larger culture of death.

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Eternal Punishment: Death, Not Life (Repeat)

Eternal Punishment: Death, Not Life (Repeat)

Chris Date explains why eternal punishment is death, not life, contrary to the traditional view of hell as eternal torment

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Eternal Punishment: Death, Not Life

Eternal Punishment: Death, Not Life

Chris Date explains why eternal punishment is death, not life, contrary to the traditional view of hell as eternal torment

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Eternal Punishment: Fact or Fiction?

Eternal Punishment: Fact or Fiction?

Chris Date surveys three views of hell and compares eternal torment with conditional immortality, for South African Theological Seminary

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Not “A Crock of Shirt”: “The Good Place” on The Afterlife in Christian Apologetics

Not “A Crock of Shirt”: “The Good Place” on The Afterlife in Christian Apologetics

Chris Date uses the popular TV series “The Good Place” to show how Christian Apologetics can be more effective given conditionalism.

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The Consummation of Immortality: Conditionalism and the Gospel in Ignatius and the Bible

The Consummation of Immortality: Conditionalism and the Gospel in Ignatius and the Bible

Chris Date argues for a close relationship between conditional immortality and the gospel in the Bible and the writings of Ignatius.

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Reasonable Annihilationism: Hell, Apologetics, and Evangelism

Reasonable Annihilationism: Hell, Apologetics, and Evangelism

A presented by Chris Date from Rethinking Hell for the Belfast chapter of Reasonable Faith, given on May 13, 2019.

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Conditional Immortality–An Acceptable View?

Conditional Immortality–An Acceptable View?

Chris Date surveys the reasons why Conditional Immortality is an acceptable view to hold for evangelical Christians and many others.

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The Righteous for the Unrighteous: Conditionalism and the Substitutionary Death of Jesus

The Righteous for the Unrighteous: Conditionalism and the Substitutionary Death of Jesus

Which doctrine of final punishment is most compatible with the Christian doctrine of a substitutionary atonement?

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Semper Reformanda, Cur Non Et Infernum (Always Reforming—Why Not Also Hell?)

Semper Reformanda, Cur Non Et Infernum (Always Reforming—Why Not Also Hell?)

At the 2017 Rethinking Hell Conference in Auckland, Chris Date makes the case that the doctrine of hell can and should undergo reform.

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The Hermeneutics of Conditionalism

The Hermeneutics of Conditionalism

Chris Date presents his paper, “The Hermeneutics of Conditionalism: A Defense of the Interpretive Methods of Edward Fudge."

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Conditional Immortality: A Comprehensive Case

Conditional Immortality: A Comprehensive Case

A plenary talk given by Chris Date of Rethinking Hell at the 2016 international Rethinking Hell Conference in London.

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Worth a Thousand Words: A Conditionalist Reading of the Book of Revelation

Worth a Thousand Words: A Conditionalist Reading of the Book of Revelation

William Tanksley Jr & Chris Date - Worth a Thousand Words - A Conditionalist Reading of the Book of Revelation

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A Seat at the Table: An Appeal for Dialogue and Fellowship

A Seat at the Table: An Appeal for Dialogue and Fellowship

Chris Date opens the Rethinking Hell Conference 2015 with his plenary talk, "A Seat at the Table: An Appeal for Dialogue and Fellowship."

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Hell & Final Punishment: Three Views

Hell & Final Punishment: Three Views

Chris presented this overview of Christian views of hell to InterVarsity students at Pacific Lutheran University, on 04/19/2023.

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Overview of End-Times Views

Overview of End-Times Views

Chris presented this overview of end-times views to InterVarsity students at Pacific Lutheran University, on 04/12/2023.

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Apocalypse: Four Interpretations of the Book of Revelation | Table of Hope Theology Nights

Apocalypse: Four Interpretations of the Book of Revelation | Table of Hope Theology Nights

Chris and three friends present the four Christian interpretations of the Book of Revelation at Table of Hope's inaugural Theology Night.

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Chris Date–Cultural CPR: Breathing Life into a Culture of Death

Chris Date–Cultural CPR: Breathing Life into a Culture of Death

Chris Date argues that evangelical Christians need to more fully embrace a culture of life in order to reform the larger culture of death.

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Not “A Crock of Shirt”: “The Good Place” on The Afterlife in Christian Apologetics

Not “A Crock of Shirt”: “The Good Place” on The Afterlife in Christian Apologetics

Chris Date uses the popular TV series “The Good Place” to show how Christian Apologetics can be more effective given conditionalism.

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The Consummation of Immortality: Conditionalism and the Gospel in Ignatius and the Bible

The Consummation of Immortality: Conditionalism and the Gospel in Ignatius and the Bible

Chris Date argues for a close relationship between conditional immortality and the gospel in the Bible and the writings of Ignatius.

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