Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, And The Things We've Made Up Quotes
"Too much is at stake. Too many people are at stake. And the Bible has too much to say."
"Believe what is biblical. Test all your assumptions against the precious words God gave us in the Bible."
"Nothing outside of God and His truth should be sacred to us."
"If hell is some primitive myth left over from conservative tradition, then let's set it on that dusty shelf next to other traditional beliefs that have no basis in Scripture."
"For those who follow Jesus, there is everlasting life in the presence of God, but for those who don't follow Him, there will be punishment."
"The gospel has broken down all ethnic and socioeconomic barriers through the cross of Jesus Christ."
"God even wants pedophile maniacs like Caesar Nero to repent and come to Jesus!"
"It forces me back to a sobering reality: This is not just about doctrine; it’s about destinies."
"Understanding first-century Judaism and what those Jews believed about hell prepares us for understanding Jesus’ teaching on the subject in His own context."
"Joy, laughter, coffee, jazz, texting, talking, flirting, friendship, depression and the hope to be freed from it one day. This is life! I love it—and so do they."
"God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus."
"I really believe it’s time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to reveal Himself."
"Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it."
"As much as these terrifying images of wrath and hell are unpleasant to read, they do capture an important part of the Christian message: God will severely punish those who don’t bow the knee to King Jesus."
"But just because some have swung the pendulum so far in the direction of wrath and judgment, let’s not swing it back too far the other direction and do away with what Scripture emphasizes."
"The debate about hell’s duration is much more complex than I first assumed."
"This passage depicts an ongoing separation between believers who live in the presence of God and unbelievers who live 'outside,' or apart from the presence of God in the new creation."
"For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh."
"We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."
"God is not licking His chops looking for any poor soul that He can send to hell."
"The truth is, God is perfect and right in all that He does."
"Who do I think I am? The truth is, God is perfect and right in all that He does."
"Let's not think that spending a bit of time meditating on the mysteries of the universe places us on a level that allows us to call God into question."
"Our God is not a person who is slightly more intelligent: His thoughts are infinitely higher than ours."
"The tongue is a fire," James says, and it is ignited by the fire of hell."
"But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD."
"But who are you, O man, to answer back to God?"
"God can save whomever He wants, however He wants, but He always does so through the one avenue He Himself paved: His Son Jesus Christ."
"We have to simply believe what Scripture says and not go beyond it."
"God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our own standards and sensibilities."
"God’s freedom means—though it’s difficult to swallow—that God can withhold love."
"Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"
"I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit."
"Only the Holy Spirit can [make someone understand and accept the gift of grace]. So by every measure that actually counts, I need the Holy Spirit. Desperately."
"The church is intended to be a beautiful place of community. A place where wealth is shared and when one suffers, everyone suffers."
"There is no such thing as a real believer who doesn’t have the Holy Spirit, or a real church without the Spirit."
"I don’t want just to write about the Holy Spirit; I want to experience His presence in my life in a profound way."
"Let’s pray that God would build His church, an unstoppable force, empowered and sustained by the Holy Spirit."
"The kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."