Christless Eternity

[Pilgrim]

What is the origin of this phrase that seems to be heard more and more today? Do you think it is accurate or helpful? Would it be better and more accurate to simply say hell as in olden times?

 

[Wayne]

Searching Google Books with date limitations on the phrase tracks the usage of that phrase back to at least 1858:

Evangelical magazine and missionary ... - Google Books

 

[Pilgrim]

Thanks, Wayne. I don't think I ever noticed the date limitations option before, although I don't know if it would have had occasion to use it before now.

 

[Wayne]

Very helpful on occasion. It's how I once found the origin of the TULIP acrostic:

http://www.puritanboard.com/f48/muller-calvin-calvinist-55042/#post711521