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Would God Actually Sentence People to Eternal Hell?
“I don’t think a just God would punish people eternally for their sins.” Have you ever heard or said such a thing? I use as an example something written by USA Today columnist Oliver “Buzz” Thomas:[1] “I can guarantee if one of our daughters turned out to be a murderer, neither [my wife nor I] would respond by setting fire to her. We wouldn’t torture her for a second, much less… eternity”.[2]
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Rabbit Trails: the Leper, the Clean, the Unclean, Menstrual Rags, the Unregenerate… and Jesus
Rabbit trails. That’s what a pastor friend of mine named Ian calls it when his sermons veer off in multiple directions, and that’s what I call it when my biblical studies lead me from one thing to the next to the next.