Hell a physical place

Is hell an actual, physical place or just a state of being, as a certain pastor claims?

The Bible describes hell as real.  Rather than being a geographical location that people can point to, theologians refer to hell as a “somewhere.”  It is where people are forsaken by God and punished for their sins forever.

With no disrespect to your question by any means, the words of Chrysostom in the fourth century come to mind:  “Let us not so much labor to know where hell is—as how to escape it.”  And that we do know.  On the cross of Calvary Jesus Christ suffered what amounts to hell:  he was abandoned and forsaken by his heavenly Father, punished for the sins of the world (Matthew 27:46).  Through Spirit-worked faith in Jesus, forgiveness of sins is ours and heaven—not hell—is our eternal home.