The lack of preaching on hell
At Cerluean Sanctum, Dan Edelen reminds readers that hell is real:
I don't know when the modern Church in the West abandoned talking about hell, but I do know that nothing's been right since. . . .I wish I knew. Any thoughts?
Where is our zeal for evangelizing the lost? Why are we so dead to the reality that people we know are cruising toward an eternity filled with weeping and gnashing of teeth?
posted by Milton Stanley at 8:11 PM
3 Comments:
This was a good thought provoking post. In all honesty I believe there is less talk of Hell, at least from where I have come from, because there a time when it was all we talked about. As is true of so many things, the back lash was to speak of it less.
There are other factors I am sure but I think, from my perspective, this is certainly one of them.
Dan's post is a good reminder that Hell is a reality and it does need to spoken of and its reality allowed to penetrate our hearts and souls in a way that we once again see things, in part at least, with that reality in play.
I however, confess my hesitancy to go back to the days of old. I know it isn't or at least should not be, an either or situation. This is also why I appreciate the post. It needs to be a both and, perspective, a heaven and hell complete picture.
Blessings in Christ Jesus!
Thanks, Dan. I'm doing much better now--have probably 95% of my energy back and seldom any pain. Peace.
I agree, Phil. At least in some traditions, the lack of talk about hell is an overreaction to an overemphasis on it in years past.
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