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R.C. Sproul on the final state of the lost

1939 – 2017 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
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STANCE

Eternal conscious punishment

THE POSITION

Standard confessional Reformed position — eternal conscious punishment for the wicked. Not directly confirmed against a video this round; the Resurrection playlist material covered the historicity and nature of Christ's bodily resurrection rather than the final judgment of the lost.

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AquinasJacobus ArminiusAthanasiusAugustineVoddie BauchamCalvinChrysostomJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonTim KellerSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurPhilip MelanchthonJohn OwenJustin PetersJohn PiperWestminster ConfessionZwingli
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Founder of Ligonier Ministries and teaching elder in the PCA. Chaired the drafting committee for the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy; best known for The Holiness of God and for popularizing Reformed theology — the five solas and TULIP — for a lay audience.

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"R.C. Sproul on the final state of the lost", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/sproul/final-state (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/sproul/final-state).

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