Western Christians tend to think of "going to heaven" or "going to hell" as the framework for the Gospel, but the Bible is not about us going somewhere, but the Creator God coming to live with us.
04307 – The Bible Story is about…
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04123 – Western Individualism?
I suspect that Western individualism has done more than any other single factor to anesthetize and even euthanize the power of the Gospel. Salvation, heaven, hell, worthiness, grace, and eternal life all came to be read through the lens of separate ego, crowding God's...
03965 – Positive People
Positive people are not positive because they've skated through life. They're positive because they've been through hell and decided they don't want to live there anymore.
03851 – Western Churches and Heaven/Hell
Western churches continue to think about "going to heaven" or "going to hell" as the framework for the Gospel, but the Bible Story is not about us going somewhere but the Creator God coming to live with us.
03281 – It Takes Tact!
Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to Hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
03039 – God is Love
We all make errors in our theology; you and me both. So my recommendation is to err on the side of love. Why? Because...God is not doctrine. God is not denomination. God is not war. God is not law. God is not hate. God is not hell...God is love.
01997 – How Do We Picture Hell?
We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and...
01781 – Hell is Not God’s Choice
Often hell is portrayed as a place of punishment and heaven as a place of reward. But this concept easily leads us to think about God as either a policeman, who tries to catch us when we make a mistake and send us to prison when our mistakes become too big, or a Santa...
01723 – It’s Our Choice
Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite heaven or hell to earth.
01167 – God Waits for Us
I feel certain that God was there in lower Manhattan on 9/11, with every soul, in the midst of that sheer terror and raw evil. This gives me comfort. If the thought of finding God in such horrendous circumstances seems strange, perhaps it is because we are out of...