Friday DIVE

  The Gospel Really Is Good News  … by J Michael Feazell    When people gather in churches after a disaster, they come to hear words of comfort, encouragement and hope.  Yet, try as they might to bring hope to a grieving people, some Christian leaders unwittingly proclaim a message that amounts to despair, hopelessness […]

  INTRODUCTION     Welcome to We Believe — a resource that assists adults and older teens in studying the core beliefs of our Christian faith.  We Believe is grounded in the Holy Scriptures and expressive of GCI’s statement of beliefs and incarnational Trinitarian theology.  We Believe draws on similar documents from other Christian denominations and

  INTRODUCTION  There are two key passages that defenders of the Hell doctrine rely on heavily … to support their belief in Hell as a place of eternal, conscious torment (ECT) … Matthew 25:31-46  and  Luke 16:19-31 … which speak of the Parable of The Sheep and Goats and the PARABLE of the Rich Man

        Matthew 25:31-46 The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations (NKJV); The Sheep and The Goats (NIV); The Final Judgment (ESV); The Judgement of The Nations (NRSVue)    31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of

    Ten passages that are sometimes used to support the idea of hell as a place of eternal conscious torment. Isaiah 66:22-24 Daniel 12:1-2 Matthew 18:6-9 Matthew 25:31-46 Mark 9:42-48 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Jude 7 Jude 13       Revelation 14:9-11 Revelation 20:10, 14-15  My plan for this session is to show that they

  Matthew 16:18 (KJV)  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. How should we understand the last clause?   Our understanding will depend on how the word “hell” is understood.  If we understand it as

INTRODUCTION  In our last session, we completed our look at Ten Things You Probably Did Not Know About Hell.   1. Hell is NOT Literal 2. Hell is NOT eternal 3. Hell is NOT The Lake of Fire 4. Hell is NOT Scriptural 5. Hell is NOT Something Jesus Christ Spoke About 6. Hell is NOT

INTRODUCTION Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the importance of Theology … and Theology is important because it determines doctrine, which shapes personal beliefs, which, in turn, influence decisions and actions. One of the doctrines that has affected almost all persons is the doctrine of HELL. Hell … is something that almost