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‘The Kylee Cast’ feat. Kirk Cameron, Ep. 27: Why He Left Behind 'Left Behind' And Traditional Views On Hell

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of “The Kylee Cast” actor and author Kirk Cameron joins Federalist Managing Editor Kylee Griswold to talk about his evolving views on hell and annihilationism, why he abandoned the eschatology of the “Left Behind” series, his experience with Hollywood culture, and the importance of strong marriages and families.

You can find Kirk’s “Hellgate” roundtable discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3UbUsIaQs&t=8201s

Find the podcast episodes on hell that launched the internet controversy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RflbA8Vt_Y&t=127s

And here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrwM3Qy-5w

Find Kirk Cameron’s children’s books and information about “See You At The Library Day” here: https://bravebooks.us/

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody and welcome to the Kylie Cast. I'm Kylie Griswold, managing editor at The Federalist.

0:06.1

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YouTube channel or The Federalist channel on Rumble. And then, of course, like and subscribe there

0:43.7

too. If you'd like to email the show, you can do so at Radio at the Federalist.com. I would love

0:49.9

to hear from you. Today, I am thrilled to welcome to the show, Kirk Cameron. You might know

0:55.1

Kirk as the teen actor in Growing Pains, or you might know him as the left behind guy, or maybe

1:00.2

you know him from his videos with Ray Comfort or from his children's books and library tour.

1:06.2

No matter what you know him from, he's a really interesting guy. We had a great conversation.

1:10.3

We talked about

1:11.0

his time in Hollywood, what it was like to become a father, as well as how his views have changed

1:16.7

since being the left behind guy and what you've all been waiting for, the conversation about

1:22.4

Hellgate, about Kirk Cameron's views on hell and annihilationism that got him into some hot water recently

1:29.0

and broke the internet. You will see it all here today. You don't want to miss it. So without further ado,

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please welcome to the show, Kirk Cameron. Kurt Cameron, it is such a pleasure to have you on the Kylie cast.

1:53.0

Thank you for inviting me. It's a pleasure to be here.

1:57.0

So cool to have you joining. It's so funny because people listening or watching might know

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