Should the Message of Hell be preached in Churches

[geekette]

I remember hearing a sermon back in 1989 about getting the reality of hell into our hearts. I was really disturbed by this sermon. People were going up to the front and praying to get the reality of hell into their hearts. I got up and walked around this city block and came back and people were still praying. If I'd driven myself, I would have left. I didn't, so I had to stay and listen to it all.

What I got out of that sermon? Well, I decided that if God had a hell, then he wasn't worthy of worship. We don't let human beings do what God is supposed to be doing to the unrighteous and disobedient--we put them in jail. But it's just OK for God to torture people for eternities on end.

No. I won't worship a god like that. So yeah, that sermon on hell backfired on me. It was probably the spark that propelled me out of the church, even if it took over 15 years.

I'm dead serious about this, by the way.