The Scottish preacher Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) preached a sermon that ended uo having lasting influence for many generations of Christians.  It’s title had to be in the Top Ten greatest titles of the second millennium. The title itself is worth meditating on.  And as good titles do, it captures the essence of the sermon.  It was called [Read more…]

This quote by Ligon Duncan was mentioned in the sermon on Sunday in the context of the text in Luke 13:10-35.  Specifically, how does this statement square with Jesus warning that he will say “Depart from me all you workers of evil”?  Hell is often depicted as the absence of God.  How are we to understand God’s presence and the Biblical doctrine of hell?

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First of all, it’s pronounced “blas-feh-mee,” not “blas-fem-nee.”

The reason we wanted to address this often confusing subject is because it came up recently in the text as we were going through Luke.  Since it’s almost impossible to spend an adequate amount of time on the topic in one sermon and still cover the rest of the text, making a blog post about it seemed to be a good way to deal with it.  (This was also made available in print the following Sunday.)

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