Hellfire preaching explained

Hell-fire preaching is a religious term that refers to preaching which calls attention to the final destiny of the impenitent, which usually focuses extremely on describing the painful torment in the Hereafter as a method to invite people to religion. There may be degrees of emphasis, and degrees of extent to which hell is emphasized in the khutbah (sermon or speech in Islam).^{[1] [2]}

Notable hellfire preachers

Christians

• Jonathan Edwards^{[3] [4]}
• Charles Grandison Finney^[5]
• W. P. Nicholson^[6]

Muslims

• Ibn Karram^[7]
• Muhammad Hussein Yacoub

See also

• Expository preaching
• Extemporaneous preaching
• Fire and brimstone
• Preacher

Notes and References

1. Book: Ernie Klassen. Revival Preaching: With 12 Lessons from the Preaching of Jonathan Edwards During the First Great Awakening. 2016. Lulu.com. 978-1-4834-4785-8. 79.
2. Web site: Hellfire preaching – What is it? Is hellfire preaching biblical?. www.compellingtruth.org.
3. Book: Harold P. Simonson. Jonathan Edwards: Theologian of the Heart. 2009. Wipf and Stock Publishers. 978-1-7252-2563-3. 129–130. But whereas his sermon "The Justice of God..." is the more satisfactory example of Edwards' hellfire preaching, it is his sermon preached at Enfield, Connecticut—"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"—by which later generations came to know Jonathan Edwards..
4. Book: Ernie Klassen. Revival Preaching: With 12 Lessons from the Preaching of Jonathan Edwards During the First Great Awakening. 2016. Lulu.com. 978-1-4834-4785-8. 79. Perhaps the epitome of the image of the hellfire preacher is Jonathan Edwards, whose sermon 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' depicted the realities of hell so clearly that it was said the hearers could smell the sulfur burning..
5. Book: Steven D. Cone. Robert F. Rea. A Global Church History: The Great Tradition through Cultures, Continents and Centuries. 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-0-567-67307-7. 369. Most famous was Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), Presbyterian hell-fire preacher who used "protracted meetings," colloquial language, direct reference to name of people present, the "anxious bench" for those awaiting conversion, and other unusual methods..
6. Book: Christopher M. Date . Gregory G. Stump . Joshua W. Anderson . John G. Stackhouse Jr.. Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism. 2014. Wipf and Stock Publishers. 978-1-62564-598-2. 91. C. S. Lewis was brought up in Northern Ireland where that extraordinary hell-fire preacher W. P. Nicholson had exerted so great an influence..
7. Book: Oliver Leaman. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy. 2015. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4725-6945-5. 197. Apart from being an eminent theologian, Ibn Karram was also a hellfire preacher..