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Published March 24, 2011 | Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chad Holtz lost his old belief in hell, he also lost his job. The pastor of a rural United Methodist church in North Carolina wrote a note on his Facebook page supporting a new book by Rob Bell, a prominent young evangelical pastor and…

"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and un-prayed…

In the film The Bucket List, Edward (Jack Nicholson) and Carter (Morgan Freeman) are both terminally ill. Doctors have given them about one year to live, so they make a list of things they always wanted to do before they "kicked the bucket"—and go about doing them, one by one. The list includes skydiving,…

My life was changed this past summer. I was at my cousin's house helping him with yard work, including chopping a lot of wood. My uncle and I loaded up the back of the tractor and carried about three trees-­worth of branches, limbs, and scruff to use for a fire. As we were finishing about 8:30 or so,…

Some years ago I heard the story of a home that was engulfed in fire. The woman in the home made it out but was almost overcome with smoke inhalation. As fire fighters attempted to save her home she pled with them about her baby girl who was still in the home. As firemen prepared to attempt a rescue…

Star in her crown: There was a family with one little daughter. Mother and daughter were very faithful in church and Sunday School attendance. The father wasn’t interested and he made it plain it was okay for his wife and daughter, but not for him. He worked in a steel mill, a huge hulk of a man who…

Reverend Ole was the pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church, and Pastor Sven was the minister of the Swedish Lutheran Church across the road. I saw them yesterday standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that reads: "Da End iss Near! Turn Yourself Aroundt Now! Before It's Too Late!"…

Roughly 9 in 10 Americans believe in God or a universal spirit, while fewer than 10% are firm in their belief that there is no God. Eighty-one percent of Americans believe in heaven. At the same time, 7 in 10 profess belief in the Devil and in hell. These updates of American’ beliefs were measured in…

053 Dying Words Of Believers • Matthew Henry—”Sin is bitter. I bless God I have inward supports.” • Martin Luther—”Our God is the God from whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord by whom we escape death.” • John Knox—Live in Christ, Live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death. • John Calvin—”Thou,…

"What Is needed to-day is a Scriptural setting forth of the character of God-His absolute sovereignty, His ineffable holiness, His Inflexible justice, His unchanging veracity. What Is needed to-day Is a Scriptural setting forth of the condition of the natural man-his total depravity, his spiritual insensibility,…

Evangelism An executive hirer, a "head-hunter" who goes out and hires corporation executives for other firms, once told me, "When I get an executive that I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a drink, take my coat off, then my vest, undo my tie, throw up my feet and talk…

The Joke: Knock knock. (Who's there?) Jesus. (Jesus who?) Looks like you're going to Hell!

Greed Greed is the logical result of the belief that there is no life after death. We grab what we can while we can however we can and then hold on to it hard. Sir Fred Catherwood, Evangelicals Now

A man sobering up from the night before is sitting through the Sunday sermon, finding it long and boring. Still feeling hung over and tired, he finally nods off. The preacher has been watching him all along, noticing his apparent hangover and is disgusted. At the end of the sermon, the preacher decides…

\\ A man sobering up from the night before is sitting through the Sunday sermon, finding it long and boring. Still feeling hung over and tired, he finally nods off. The preacher has been watching him all along, noticing his apparent hangover and is disgusted. At the end of the sermon, the preacher decides…