Sermon Illustrations

Tag: hell

  • Hell in the New Testament

    Hell in the New Testament is a constant reminder that there is a final accountabaility for our beliefs and behaviours in this life, whatever the particulars and temperature and durability of hell may be. It is a reminder that this life is basically a time of decision, and the decisions we make now can indeed…

  • Rob Bell is right that

    Rob Bell is right that God gets what he wants, but Jesus tells us that what he wants is a human race which chooses to love him or reject him. He won’t force himself on us like a rapist. He woos us and he warns us that our response to him will echo through eternity.…

  • We notice also that Paul

    We notice also that Paul finds a basic unity, even identity between the love of God as it is shown in the objective, factual event of Christ’s death on the cross and as it is experienced “in the heart” by teh believer (v5b). An emotional feeling of God’s love in itself, is little comfort to…