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    Coming to Grips with Hell
    Coming to Grips with Hell
    Coming to Grips with Hell
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    Coming to Grips with Hell

    By Erwin W Lutzer

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    More than any other teaching in the Bible, hell seems to be the most difficult to accept. Many think the whole idea is ludicrous. They mock it with images of a mischievous horned devil who may be nasty but is ultimately harmless. Others are uncomfortable with, even embarrassed by—the thought that a loving God could sentence someone to eternal suffering.

    So many false notions of hell cloud our thinking. It's time to dig into Scripture to separate fact from fiction. Erwin Lutzer compares the teachings of several religions against the truth of Scripture. His detailed look at the realities of hell paints a chilling picture of the fate awaiting thsoe who reject Christ.

    Ignoring hell will not make it go away. Coming to grips with it will give you a renewed appreciation for your salvation and a deeper desire to lead others to the Savior.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateJan 8, 1990
    ISBN9780802494863
    Coming to Grips with Hell
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    Erwin W Lutzer

    Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church, where he served as the senior pastor for 36 years. He is an award-winning author and the featured speaker on three radio programs that are heard on more than 750 national and international outlets. He and his wife, Rebecca, have three grown children and eight grandchildren and live in the Chicago area.

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      Coming to Grips with Hell - Erwin W Lutzer

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      Introduction

      Hell disappeared. And no one noticed.

      With that terse observation American church historian Martin Marty summarized our attitude toward a vanishing doctrine that received careful attention in previous generations. If you are a churchgoer, ask yourself when you last heard an entire sermon or Sunday school lesson on the topic.

      A recent Newsweek article says, Today, hell is theology’s H-word, a subject too trite for serious scholarship. Gordon Kaufman of Harvard Divinity School believes we have gone through a transformation of ideas, and he says, I don’t think there can be any future for heaven and hell.

      Admittedly, hell is an unpleasant topic. Unbelievers disbelieve in it; most Christians ignore it. Even the staunchly biblical diehards are often silent out of embarrassment. Hell, more than any doctrine of the Bible, seems to be out of step with our times.

      REASONS TO DISBELIEVE 

      There are, of course, reasons this doctrine suffers obvious neglect. At the top of the list is the difficulty of reconciling hell with the love of God. That millions of people will be in conscious torment forever is beyond the grasp of the human mind. Bishop Robinson, who gained notoriety with his liberal views in Honest to God, writes,

      Christ … remains on the Cross as long as one sinner remains in hell. That is not speculation; it is a statement grounded in the very necessity of God’s nature. In a universe of love there can be no heaven that tolerates a chamber of horrors; no hell for any which does not at the same time make it hell for God. He cannot endure that, for that would be a final mockery of his nature. And He will not.¹

      The doctrine of hell has driven many people away from Christianity. James Mill expressed what many have felt. I will call no being good, who is not what I mean by good when I use that word of my fellow creatures; and if there be a Being who can send me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go.²

      One man said that he would not want to be in heaven with a God who sends people to hell. His preference was to be in hell so that he could live in defiance of such a God. If such a God exists, he complained, He is the devil.

      To put it simply, to us the punishment of hell does not fit the crime. Yes, all men do some evil and a few do great evils, but nothing that anyone has ever done can justify eternal torment. And to think that millions of good people will be in hell simply because they have not heard of Christ

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