Tag: Eternal Conscious Torment

• God Is Love: Eternal Conscious Torment or Jesus Saves All?

  

  “God is love.”— 1 John 4:8. That little three-word sentence may be the most powerful truth in the whole Bible. Not “God has love.” Not “God shows love sometimes.” Not “God loves when we behave.” God is love. And John doubles down later: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear…” (1 John 4:18)…

  Brother Roger

  February 28, 2026

  Eternal Torture, Judgment and Holiness, Judgment and mercy

  1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 4, Biblical Love, Christian Universalism, Corrective vs. retributive punishmen, Divine Love, Doctrine of God, ECT, Eternal Conscious Torment, God is Love, Heaven and Hell

• Are eternal conscious torment (ECT) and penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) two of the major attacks on the character of a loving God, and if so, how?

  

  These doctrines are indeed among the most philosophically contested aspects of traditional Christian theology, particularly regarding God’s character. Eternal Conscious Torment (ECT)Critics argue ECT fundamentally conflicts with divine love and justice because: Proportionality problem: Infinite punishment for finite sins seems disproportionate. Even the worst human life is temporally limited, yet ECT proposes endless suffering without…

  Brother Roger

  January 27, 2026

  Character of God, Wrath of God

  ECT, Eternal Conscious Torment, God, heaven, hell, Jesus, Penal Substitutionary Atonement