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# Mere Fidelity: The Skeletons in God's Closet
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/mere-fidelity-skeletons-gods-closet/
- Published: 2015-02-09T14:34:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T20:32:09.000Z
- Description: Joshua Ryan Butler's book The Skeletons in God's Closet tackles hell, judgment, and holy war. The Mere Fidelity guys discuss it with him.
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Fidelity

And, we're back. After a long break, Mere Fidelity returns with a doozy. We invited [Joshua Ryan Butler](https://twitter.com/butlerjosh?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) on to talk about his new book [*The Skeletons in God's Closet: The Mercy of Hell, the Surprise of Judgment, and the Hope of Holy War*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0529100819/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0529100819&linkCode=as2&tag=mereorth-20&linkId=4VLUXWWZN6KPZYDR&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)*.* 

Listen in to our conversation and if you're still not persuaded you should read the book, check out [Derek's review of it.](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-skeletons-in-gods-closet?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) Then go ye forth, take up, and read.

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Finally, as always, follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/DZRishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Alastair](http://www.twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Andrew](http://www.twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance.