by Dean Burkey
Photo Source: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X2VI1U
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The book description found at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X2VI1U reads as follows:
Book Description
What if everything you've been taught about Hell was wrong?
Many Christians think that Jesus is the only way to Heaven and those who
don't believe in Him will spend eternity in a literal and burning Hell.
Is this what the Bible teaches? Will the majority of mankind spend
eternity in torment because they rejected God in this life?
"What the Hell" will show you what the Scriptures clearly teach about this subject
and where this idea of Hell came from. It's not about winning or losing
or even changing the Christian faith. It's about the honest pursuit of
truth.
whatthehellbook.com/the-book/
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My struggle with Christianity has always centered around H-ll, not Heaven, The Other H Place. Made no sense to me. No matter how many times well-meaning people and others tried to explain it.
If a place of eternal torment exists, why do Christian people have children? Why risk your own progeny falling away and suffering in agony forever?
How are we supposed to praise God for “saving” us, while others we know didn’t or won’t make it? How can we be sure whether or not we have enough faith? And does our loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ really want us to believe in Him only so we can avoid burning in eternal torment?
Surely, Jesus wants us to believe in Him, because of Who He Is and because of His great acts of love and mercy, not simply so we can acquire “Fire Insurance”.
To reinforce what I had already hoped was true, this book points out how the notion of “The Other H Place” doesn’t exist in the original text of the Bible; and only came into being around the fifth century and later. So thank you Jackson Baer for that!
My only problem with “The Other H Place” not existing, is, in my mind, that rid us of the need for Jesus. Which didn’t feel right either. There are too many fulfilled prophecies and other historical facts to support Jesus.
Jackson Baer points out that although there isn’t an eternal place of punishment, there will still be punishment meted out for those who reject Christ in this life. And such punishment will feel like an eternity for those who suffer it. So we still need Jesus! And we still need to share The Good News of Christ’s victory over sin, death, and the Devil with the whole world.
I enjoyed the book and recommend this to both believers and nonbelievers as the author spoke to the heart of many of my concerns. He shows from Scripture, that is from properly translated Scripture, what The Bible actually says.
I have a greater appreciation for God knowing that His love and mercy truly endures forever.
Such teachings do not line up with my LCMS upbringing, but like Martin Luther said, “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and by plain reason ... Here I stand. I can do no other.”
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