The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. As I stated in the first post, this section will be mostly based on Sharon Baker’s Razing Hell. ——————- Stanley Grenz in Conversation with Baker Now that we have explored the issue of hell through the work of Sharon Baker, it will be helpful to compare her “Jesus lens” to another theologian, in this case: Stanley Grenz.... Read more
The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. As I stated in the first post, this section will be mostly based on Sharon Baker’s Razing Hell. ——————- Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? Razing Gehenna Sharon Baker recognizes the importance of Jesus’ warnings about the fires of hell. From her perspective, in order to understand hell in the gospels, we must realize... Read more
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The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. As I stated in the first post, this section will be mostly based on Sharon Baker’s Razing Hell. ———————- Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? Otto the Non-Believer at the Final Judgment Baker invites readers to imagine a man named Otto: “an international leader who has launched preemptive wars and terrorized nations with his... Read more
The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. As I stated in the first post, this section will be mostly based on Sharon Baker’s Razing Hell. ———————- Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (Part 3) The Fire of God’s Judgment For Baker, the overarching reality of God in Scripture is that God constantly seeks to forgive and restore relationships in spite of... Read more
The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. As I stated in the first post, this section will be mostly based on Sharon Baker’s Razing Hell. ———————- Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (Part 2) Background Issues and the “Jesus Lens” With a commitment to the authority of Scripture as a foundation, Baker lists seven “troubles” that the traditional view of hell... Read more
This is a sermon that I gave on Genesis 1 on April 15th 2012. I kick-started a series called “Hungering for Righteousness.” We are looking at this issue of food and hunger from a narrative biblical theology. My sermon is called Re-Ordering Creation. I hope you will download this talk, share it with others, and be challenged by the themes of the sermon. Click and download! Genesis 1 – Ordering and Re-Ordering Creation Texts: We stepped out of the lectionary... Read more
The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the Love Wins controversy. To catch up, go here. ———————- Hell is a hot topic these days. Some say “hell yes.” Others passionately cry “hell no.” While some are tempted to ask “who the hell cares?” Over the past year we learned that the Evangelical church cares, a lot. Interesting, for a time, hell was perceived as a low area of interest in both popular and... Read more
The following post is by someone who has become a good web friend of mine. As you read her post, I think you will know why. Thanks to Carmel Christine for this powerful article. ———————————————————————- Mourning Mental Illness: Grief that gives way to God’s Grace by Carmel Christine A turn of events can catapult your life as you know it into a sphere so foreign, so cold, dark, distant and frightening that you barely recognize it. My teen son... Read more
Aaron Brown and Kurt Willems might as well discussed the kitchen sink on this episode as it was the only topic pretty much left out. Join in on the conversation as topics of pacifism, gun control, evangelical rejects, manifest destiny, equality of men and women in ministry and yeah…the Hunger Games are discussed, too. check out the interview here Read more
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