14 results for tag: hell
Worshipping God: from Fear, for Rewards or for Love? – Brad Jersak
Torch and Bucket
The legend is told of a sage who was found marching through the streets of her ancient city, bearing a torch in one hand and a pail full of water in the other. It was plain to everyone that she was focused on a mission, with a stern expression and long, determined strides. Just where she was headed was not as clear. Up and down the streets she went, muttering prayers as she went as the flames danced and the water sloshed.
At last someone asked, where are you going? What are you doing? What is the torch and bucket you're carrying?
She replied, "With this bucket of water, I will douse the flames of hell and with this ...
July 2023
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Articles:
Mental Health Care: A Christian Response – pg. 1
Show Your Cards, Not Your Trophies – pg. 2
Two Ships that Pass in the Night – pg. 5
Elevator Dogmatics – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Three Charges – The Cross, Hell, and the Word of God – Brad Jersak
Three Charges – The Cross, Hell, and the Word of God:
It seems as much as we at PTM and I specifically have addressed the issues of the Cross, Hell and the Word of God, we continue to be asked where we stand on these issues.
Those of good faith are truly interested in diving deep into the truth on each of these issues, and for good reason! How we respond to these issues speaks loudly of how we see God, humanity, and the world we live in. They deserve all the attention they’ve received.
Others seem to ask the questions in the edgy tones of an interrogation or accusation, as if we’re being summoned to a heresy trial, ...
Q&R with Brad Jersak – “Eternal Punishment”? Oh, those goats
Question:
How does Matthew 25:31-46 not contradict the grace and mercy of God and God's desire that all shall be saved?
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.... 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Response:
Thanks for this important and well-stated question. In response, I think it best to start with how they DO, in fact, contradict a number of key New Testament passages, including from the lips of Jesus, IF we follow translations that use ...
CWR Video – The Problem of Hell – by Brad Jersak
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Why share the gospel if there’s no hell? by Brad Jersak
I am frequently asked why anyone (including Jesus, the apostles and countless martyrs throughout the ages) would bother sharing the gospel if there is no hell. Before we even go there, I would hasten to ask, "Who told you there's no hell?" Of course there is.
Now as for the nature of hell, that's another matter. The idea of hell as 'eternal conscious torment' in an everlasting lake of fire is abhorrent to many who've experienced the fathomless depths of God's love, or have at least thought through the irrationality of its contradictions, or studied the competing images of divine judgment within Scripture. But that doesn't mean there is no hell. ...
April 2021
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Greg Albrecht: When Jesus Rode into Town– pg. 2
Laura Urista: The Heart of the Matter– pg. 4
Ed Dunn: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled– pg. 5
Brad Jersak: Pastoral Perspective – pg. 7
Q&R: “Salted with Fire” — Hell, Self-amputation & Mark 9 – Brad Jersak
Question from a reader:
I have searched at least 7 articles about Hell from the www.ptm.org search button. There is absolutely no mention of Mark 9:42-50 in any of the articles. There are many scriptures that are addressed about Hell but not this particular one. I know it not to be true but it almost seems that it is intentionally ignored. I so look forward to your response.
Brad's response:
I can't remember if I've included a discussion on Mark 9 in my books 'Her Gates Will Never Be Shut' or 'A More Christlike God,' but it's certainly not a passage I would shy away from intentionally, since it is quite an amazing anomaly in the NT and ...
August 2020
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Greg Albrecht: Destroyed But Not Defeated– pg. 3
Brad Jersak: Grace Is the Real Offense– pg. 7
Blair Baker: Keep Shining – pg. 10
Jonathan Foster: My Soul Is Like a Chiminea – pg. 11
Brad Jersak: With Hope for All, Why Share Our Faith? -pg. 15
Breakfast with Brad – Moving on (11/12) – Froot Loops, Hellfire & Vidi Aquam
In which Brad features a hat that belonged to his grandfather, William Ditchfield, prepares to eat pure sugar & explores the question (not the doctrine) of hell. Below the video, we're also featuring a beautiful song based in an ancient chant, Vidi Aquam ("I saw water").
Is there a river that can extinguish the fires of hell?
Revelation 22: 1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And ...
December 2017
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Greg Albrecht: The KING Who Became a Man – pg. 1
Brad Jersak: The Great Scandal! – pg. 5
Eden Jersak: God With Us – pg. 8
Laura Urista: Good News of Great Joy – pg. 12
Brian Zahnd: Waiting for God to Act – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: “If God is love, why would he allow a place like hell?” -pg. 15
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