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Few people understand how little the buy prada eyewear Old Testament has to say about hell. In fact, even today, the buy prada eyewear emphasis for Jews is more about living NOW than being pre-occupied with what buy prada eyewear perks come after physical life is extinguished. There is no clearly defined theology of eternal life in the buy prada eyewear Old Testament: that had to wait for the teaching of Jesus.

And here’s the buy prada eyewear serious question to which I doubt we could answer honesty, knowingly. If there was no buy prada eyewear after life, if there was no heaven or hell, if it buy prada eyewear all ended with our physical death, would we be kind, loving, caring, or buy prada eyewear virtuous? Why would we read the Bible? Would there be any reason at all to come to church?

Does our belief in heaven and hell motivate us wrongly?

Would we still love God- just for who He IS?

Then this buy prada eyewear leads me deeper into the darkened corners of theology, at least for buy prada eyewear me. I believe it was Brian McLaren who asked the question, “Would God ask us to do something that He Himself can’t or won’t do”? You know where that question leads us don’t you? How could God ask us to FORGIVE OTHERS, and yet He does not? Can you say hell- the ultimate unforgiveness. I’m looking forward to buy prada eyewear talking with Brian face-to-face when he visits us next year.

For the Hebrews, Sheol was a buy prada eyewear place of no punishment: a place where all go, good and buy prada eyewear bad. The Greek version was called Hades where buy prada eyewear the idea has progressed to a place for fallen souls. As we move into the buy prada eyewear New Testament, we adopt the MAETAPHOR for hell, which is buy prada eyewear called Ghenna! This was actually a dump where garbage and waste was burned as Isaiah mentions (66:24). I still don’t get the buy prada eyewear ministerial threats that I hear quite often about how we need to buy prada eyewear be good or we’ll burn in hell. What’s the point of that METAPHOR? And why do we use negative metaphors so much while dismissing the buy prada eyewear positive ones, like having our names written in heaven?

Back to buy prada eyewear the concept of retributive justice I spoke in weeks past. Doesn’t Jesus portray the buy prada eyewear Father as a loving, merciful, and forgiving person and not a buy prada eyewear vengeful, angry parent bent on punishment- eternally.

So, what am I saying, HEARING in today’s commentary?

I’m not sure! Sometimes we’re just suposed to THINK! But this buy prada eyewear I am do say with confidence. The church continues to buy prada eyewear misrepresent God. The institutional church is still majoring on minors. Don’t read that I don’t believe in hell: I just choose to buy prada eyewear concentrate on living the lifestyle that Jesus modeled for me (and you). I’m still not doing that buy prada eyewear very well; however, I am doing it better. The more time I spend with Him (quiet time), the more I find myself being transformed.

How much QUIET time will you spend with Him today?

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