Comments on: "Preach Hell" http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preach-hell Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/#comment-5974 Brian Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:40:39 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5194#comment-5974 I'd say preach Christ and him crucified alone and you'll be fine. Yes, hell is important but that can be integrated into the preaching of Christ and better yet, keeps the focus where it needs to be: on Christ. I’d say preach Christ and him crucified alone and you’ll be fine. Yes, hell is important but that can be integrated into the preaching of Christ and better yet, keeps the focus where it needs to be: on Christ.

]]> By: Josh http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/#comment-5973 Josh Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:19:37 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5194#comment-5973 Why can't we simply focus on the one supreme preaching emphasis that the New Testament teaches - the preaching of the CROSS? All the elements are already there: Love, self-giving sacrifice, caring more about others than yourself, the realities of sin, evil, brokenness that are dealt with in justice and judgment, rescuing us from not only from alienation and eternal separation from God but also a self-centered way of living! Why can’t we simply focus on the one supreme preaching emphasis that the New Testament teaches – the preaching of the CROSS?

All the elements are already there: Love, self-giving sacrifice, caring more about others than yourself, the realities of sin, evil, brokenness that are dealt with in justice and judgment, rescuing us from not only from alienation and eternal separation from God but also a self-centered way of living!

]]> By: Paul Clutterbuck http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/#comment-5972 Paul Clutterbuck Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:58:04 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5194#comment-5972 Great post, as usual! It occurs to me that for some people in this world, the consequences of sin (either their own or someone else's) have already become hellish enough, that when we preach Hell we are speaking to their own experiences far more than we could possibly know. I'm thinking here of those who are enslaved by alcoholism, drug abuse, all sorts of addictions, domestic violence, street violence, extreme poverty, or exploitation by those who control them. There is plenty of Hell here on earth, if we have eyes to see. Right now, all around the world, there are people going through abuses that we could not even imagine, who are crying out for Someone to have mercy on them. Our problem is that we prefer to insulate ourselves from real suffering, which makes us blind to those situations where the Gospel really finds its truest meaning. We need to stop wrapping ourselves in cotton wool and pretending we are already in Heaven, when so many people need to be plucked from the jaws of Hell! Great post, as usual! It occurs to me that for some people in this world, the consequences of sin (either their own or someone else’s) have already become hellish enough, that when we preach Hell we are speaking to their own experiences far more than we could possibly know. I’m thinking here of those who are enslaved by alcoholism, drug abuse, all sorts of addictions, domestic violence, street violence, extreme poverty, or exploitation by those who control them. There is plenty of Hell here on earth, if we have eyes to see.

Right now, all around the world, there are people going through abuses that we could not even imagine, who are crying out for Someone to have mercy on them. Our problem is that we prefer to insulate ourselves from real suffering, which makes us blind to those situations where the Gospel really finds its truest meaning. We need to stop wrapping ourselves in cotton wool and pretending we are already in Heaven, when so many people need to be plucked from the jaws of Hell!

]]> By: Josh http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/#comment-5971 Josh Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:18:45 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5194#comment-5971 I wonder how Carson feels about C.S. Lewis' attempt to understand hell in "The Great Divorce". I have a strong feeling that this is not the kind of hell he would like us to preach! I wonder how Carson feels about C.S. Lewis’ attempt to understand hell in “The Great Divorce”. I have a strong feeling that this is not the kind of hell he would like us to preach!

]]> By: Tom Parker http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2010/02/08/preach-hell/#comment-5970 Tom Parker Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:35:15 +0000 http://trevinwax.com/?p=5194#comment-5970 How often should one "Preach Hell." How often should one “Preach Hell.”

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