Comments on: Why I Still Preach The Gospel http://claytonking.com/why-i-still-preach-the-gospel/ The online connection to Clayton King Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:21:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: clayton king http://claytonking.com/why-i-still-preach-the-gospel/#comment-1305 clayton king Wed, 07 May 2008 22:36:05 +0000 http://claytonking.com/why-i-still-preach-the-gospel/#comment-1305 I will most certainly entertain that idea for a future post clayton I will most certainly entertain that idea for a future post

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]]> By: Walker http://claytonking.com/why-i-still-preach-the-gospel/#comment-1265 Walker Tue, 06 May 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://claytonking.com/why-i-still-preach-the-gospel/#comment-1265 Clayton, As you cite, one of the main reasons for preaching the Gospel stems from a belief in heaven and hell. Unfortunately, it seems that these "doctrines"--particularly that of a literal hell--seem to be under fire among many christians these days. You know, they will argue that it is not a literal hell, that the eternal fire image/idea is not correct, that the idea is derived from a few obscure verses which really meant something else, that its more like annihilationism, etc...a group of arguments with varying degrees of weight, I admit. Furthermore, they suggest that hell is too often preached as a manipulative idea--a tactic of fear--which creates people who don't really love God, they just fear hell. I'm sure you are aware of all these discussions. Sometime, if you'd like, I'd love to read a blog expounding on how you feel about these ideas and your Biblical foundation for believing in hell. This could prove both interesting and helpful. Thanks man. Clayton,
As you cite, one of the main reasons for preaching the Gospel stems from a belief in heaven and hell. Unfortunately, it seems that these “doctrines”–particularly that of a literal hell–seem to be under fire among many christians these days. You know, they will argue that it is not a literal hell, that the eternal fire image/idea is not correct, that the idea is derived from a few obscure verses which really meant something else, that its more like annihilationism, etc…a group of arguments with varying degrees of weight, I admit. Furthermore, they suggest that hell is too often preached as a manipulative idea–a tactic of fear–which creates people who don’t really love God, they just fear hell. I’m sure you are aware of all these discussions. Sometime, if you’d like, I’d love to read a blog expounding on how you feel about these ideas and your Biblical foundation for believing in hell. This could prove both interesting and helpful. Thanks man.

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