Saturday, May 07, 2005

What the Hell? Quotes on the Prospect of Eternal Punishment

Those who finally reject salvation suffer in both body and soul.--
Augustine of Hippo

Scripture clearly speaks of hell as a place of fiery torment and warns us we should fear--
R. Albert Mohler, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

If there is no heaven and no hell, there is no pursuasive reason to be moral.
Jerry Walls, Asbury Seminary

It is improper and disobiedient to try to speculate on the eternal destiny of others. Our approach should be...to focus on ourselves--believing, following, doing the will of God, joining in his mission, coming to the light, etc. (Leslie Newbigin)

Rather that a place, hell indicates a state of those who freely and definitively separate themselves from God...symbolic language that figuratively portrays a pool of fire for those who exclude themselves from the book of life, thus meeting a second death. (Pope John Paul II).

Book Review of Little Prayers for Ordinary Days by Katy Bowser Hutson, Flo Paris Oaks, and Tish Harrison Warren and illustrated by Liita Forsyth

Little Prayers for Ordinary Days by Katie Bowser Hutson, Flo Paris Oakes, and Tish Harrison Warren IVP Kids ISBN 978-1-5140-0039-8 Reviewed ...