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Sin SlayerJesus’ death paid for our sins - He was punished so we...

Sin SlayerJesus’ death paid for our sins - He was punished so we don’t have to be. Yet we still have the responsibility to put residing sin to death on a daily basis. The same Grace that Justifies - makes us right before God - also Sanctifies - makes us more like Jesus. Two sides of the one coin of salvation: neither can be separated from the other. God is calling us to be a church that gets to the root of the problems and digs it out. …Continue Reading at Mars Hill Church Teignmouth →...

So I'm reading that controversial book.

...ears, and death that we experience now in this lifetime is just as equal to hell being now as hell being a future place of such things? That when we give up all things good, humane, decent, moral, divine, that we have in some form or other just created a type of hell on earth scenario for people to live in?I don't really see anything so controversial about that.Jesus calls us to do the opposite of these things in the here and now - to bring justice, righteousness, peace, love, morality and goodness to this world now in the form of the Good News, as bringing the Kingdom of God to people around us right now in our very actions....

Hell and all that damnable stuff

...So on light of all the Rob Bell controversy, it resparked my desire to look into the traditional doctrine of hell. My thoughts on it all began long ago before I went to study theology about 5 or so years ago now. A good close friend of mine was struggling in her faith over the traditional hell concept and found it hard to rectify or justify in her mind. It was the usual question of "how can a loving God burn people forever?" infinite punishment for finite crimes. I had thought about it before then but never in any great depth as I just didn't know where to begin, being a fairly new Christian at the time. I did my best to try w...

Book review on Rob Bell's “Love Wins”

....e. after death), but also that because of our freedom of will in this life we can, and do, create hell on earth through our actions and sins.Likewise, we can also create heaven on earth in the same way. This is what Jesus referred to when he prayed "Your will be done on earth as in heaven" – bringing the kingdom of God to the here and now. The book then continues on from what is explained in these chapters to explore the rest of our theology and doctrines on salvation, the cross and the hereafter, often taking our contemporary doctrines (which aren't always as scripturally based as we may think) to their sometim...

Anime Test Blog

...le to the death. Gennoskue of Kouga and Oboro of Iga were betrothed in an attempt to unite the clans when this decree tears them apart. Basilisk is full of creative action, but also tragically romantic. NARUTO Image credit: Shounen Jump   Naruto and Naruto Shippuden have been super popular for a long time. Either you love them, or you hate them, but it’s worth at least giving ’em a shot. Naruto Uzumaki has spent his entire life shunned by his people because the Fourth Hokage sealed the nine-tailed fox demon within him as a baby. But Naruto is a sweet kid who just wants to make friends and be the best ninja he can be. He trains hard and eventuall...