The second printing was an Alternate Selection of the Evangelical Book Club. The only change was enlarging the subtitle to say: "A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment." Twelve years later in 1994, a second, condensed, British edition (), subtitled "The Biblical Case for Conditional Immortality" was published by Paternoster Press in England, with a second foreword by John W. Wenham of Oxford. Paternoster was later bought by Authentic Media, who let the second edition go out of print. Seventeen years later, after a year of Fudge's rigorous updating, revising, and enlarging the first edition, Cascade Books, the academic division of Wipf & Stock published the definitive third edition (), subtitled "A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment", with an original third foreword by Richard Bauckham of Cambridge University, formerly of St. Andrews University, Scotland. Throughout the third edition, Fudge also interacts with seventeen authors of eleven traditionalist books, bringing the dialogue forward by three decades. Christianity Today has called "The Fire That Consumes" "the standard reference on the subject." Since its first publication, "The Fire That Consumes" has been cited with increasing frequency by scholars and other serious authors writing on the topic. Among these are articles in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Evangelical Quarterly, Christian Research Institute Journal, Reformation & Revival, and Themelios. Christianity Today picked it as one of four volumes representing the "annihilationist" viewpoint on Hell in a 2000 topical bibliography. In addition to "The Fire That Consumes", Fudge's discussions regarding Hell include "Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue", with Robert A. Peterson defending a traditional interpretation of Hell. And in "Hell--A Final Word: The Surprising Truths I Found in the Bible" (978-089112-149-7), he makes the data accessible to a popular audience. Fudge is the subject of a biopic, entitled "Hell and Mr. Fudge", produced by Pat Arrabito and directed by Jeff Wood, with Mackenzie Astin starring as Fudge. The film was released at the 2012 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Fudge cooperated in the film's development. Fudge ran gracEmail, an email ministry in which he sent out several short emails focusing on biblical and Christian themes every week. He also wrote books on other topics, including a commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews and a book on the topic of receiving guidance from God.