The gospel is good news before it is good advice. It tells us who Jesus is, what he has done, and what that means for our lives and our world.
Eternal conscious torment is having a moment.
Well-known Christians are loudly defending it. Others are denounced as dangerous or apostate for daring to question it. Social media is full of clips insisting that unless you believe in never-ending torture, you do not really believe in the Bible, or in the holiness of God, or in the seriousness of sin.
I was a different person back then. At least I’d like to think so. Dogmatic. Self-assured. Self-righteous. It’s hard to know for sure. What part is personality, what part is learned
I’m in Bible College this year, working towards a Diploma in Biblical Theology (this will, I know, NOT COME AS A SHOCK TO SOME OF YOU…) and really, it’s the dream of a lifetime to spend 5+ hours each week in biblical conversation with others of a similar persuasion.