Here is an excerpt from a book by Brian Zahnd. Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God. I have not read the book. Zahnd did share one chapter that I have read. It follows on what I shared here yesterday and today. The God I follow is not the judgemental, hateful god of fundamentalist evangelicals, (fundagelicals for short). The God I have committed to follow is One Whose name is Love. Period.
“Insisting that Abraham Joshua Heschel, Anne Frank, Albert Einstein, and all other Jews are condemned to hell is an arrogant and malevolent doctrine that is responsible for the creation of countless atheists. I am sympathetic with the atheist who cannot believe in a god who is so petty and cruel that he defends his so-called honor by torturing billions of souls for eternity. I don’t believe in that god either. But I’m no atheist. I believe in the God who is the Father of Jesus and who relates to sinners in the very same way that Jesus did. I believe in the God revealed in Christ, the heaven-sent Savior who harrows hell to rescue sinners…sinners like me.”
Here is a link to Zahnd’s post, “Hell…and How to Get There”.
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