Tagged: hell

I don’t think questions about who has gone to hell should be a parlor game. God, alone, knows the end to each of our stories – as the author of our faith – He holds the ending in His hand and it’s not my job to speculate about the final destination for Mother Theresa or …[ read more ]

I didn’t invent hell and I have no power to send anyone there. That’s a big reason why I don’t raise the topic with people. Because, as soon as I bring it up, someone accuses me of having some emotional investment in their eternal punishment or of condemning them to damnation when none of that …[ read more ]

I guarantee that you know someone who is going to hell. Do you ever think about that? I guess I’m not done with this topic so if it freaks you out, you might try popping in sometime next week but this week we’re going to chat about hell. (Sort of, my version of Shark Week.) …[ read more ]

Have you noticed how many Americans suddenly believe in hell this morning? Only last week, Rob Bell’s book, Love Wins, was all the rage. Believing that “We all get to heaven in the end” was de rigueur. Surely, since God is love, He would never send anyone to hell. Isn’t that what we thought yesterday? …[ read more ]

“I can’t believe that God will make people go to hell if they don’t choose to follow Jesus.” The twenty-something woman in my Bible study voiced a concern many others had voiced. “Well, how do you think He should respond to people who choose to reject Him and live any way they please in this …[ read more ]