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Kirk Cameron spoke with ChurchLeaders about his recent roundtable discussion on hell, a conversation he titled “Hellgate.”
Cameron said he did not expect the controversy and was surprised that the sharpest criticism came from “his own team” in the church, not from atheists.
With the help of Christian apologist Wes Huff, Cameron gathered Gavin Ortlund, Dan Paterson, Chris Date, and Paul Copan for a two-and-a-half-hour theological discussion centered on the eternality of hell.
“Hellgate” was birthed out of a father-son conversation between Cameron and his son, James, on a podcast episode released Dec. 6, 2025.
Continued below.
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Cameron said he did not expect the controversy and was surprised that the sharpest criticism came from “his own team” in the church, not from atheists.
With the help of Christian apologist Wes Huff, Cameron gathered Gavin Ortlund, Dan Paterson, Chris Date, and Paul Copan for a two-and-a-half-hour theological discussion centered on the eternality of hell.
“Hellgate” was birthed out of a father-son conversation between Cameron and his son, James, on a podcast episode released Dec. 6, 2025.
Continued below.
‘Hellgate’: Kirk Cameron Says He ‘Caught Hell’ Over Eternal Conscious Torment Debate
Kirk Cameron spoke with ChurchLeaders about the roundtable discussion on hell, a discussion he titled “Hellgate.”