hell

Every human being wants to lead a happy life as long as he is alive. No one really knows what happens after death. Every one on this earth follows some religion or other and every religion preaches some thing about life after death. All most all religions preach that depending on ones deeds the person shall go to heavens and enjoys or suffers in hell. The differences and disagreements are over the periods for which the persons are going to stay in such places.......

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Jesus doesn’t seem to talk about “hell” as a place. Rather, he describes “hell” as a kind of relationship that one has with oneself, their neighbors and with God. Cultivating neighborly relations among people, disciplining one’s body and harmonizing one’s preaching and practice, and fearfully trusting in God are key ways of keeping oneself out of “hell.”

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Prompted by a recent OST post (“The Vatican and a doctrine of universal salvation”), I remembered an entry I read a while back on the blog Out of Ur. It was a short piece posted by Shane Claiborne entitled, "Loving the Hell Out of People". Originally, the longer article was in Prism - America’s Alternative Evangelical Voice. In particular, what caught my attention was the re-interpretation of hell they both presented - hell is seen as here on earth, as something that people suffer through in everyday life. Hell is bodily and physical. Hell is not necessarily or only a metaphysical condition beyond time and place.

continue reading "Emerging Visions of Hell: What are their consequences for missional living and intra-church relations?"

Prompted by a recent OST post (“The Vatican and a doctrine of universal salvation”), I remembered an entry I read a while back on the blog Out of Ur. It was a short piece posted by Shane Claiborne entitled, "Loving the Hell Out of People". Originally, the longer article was in Prism - America’s Alternative Evangelical Voice. In particular, what caught my attention was the re-interpretation of hell they both presented - hell is seen as here on earth, as something that people suffer through in everyday life. Hell is bodily and physical. Hell is not necessarily or only a metaphysical condition beyond time and place.

continue reading "Emerging Visions of Hell: What are their consequences for missional living and intra-church relations?"