{"id":4160,"date":"2008-04-21T00:30:39","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T05:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/21\/fear-about-fear\/"},"modified":"2008-04-21T00:30:39","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T05:30:39","slug":"fear-about-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/21\/fear-about-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear about Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A reader writes me this set of questions and I\u2019ve cobbled together two exchanges with him about this issue\u2026 but the words are his:
\nWhat is the proper role of fear \u2014 using fear \u2014 in the Christian life?
\nMy stepfather used to give me graphic examples of how hot, and how long hell would be. I also grew up in a Plymouth Brethren church heavy into pretribulation rapture theology. My wife and I have reacted against that and joined an ELCA church where rapture and hell aren\u2019t mentioned. To me rapture theology and hell is about fear.
\nIs some of that proper? If so how much? When is it to much?
\n[SMcK: Do you think \u201chell\u201d should be used in evangelism?]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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