Hell Without Fires

Hell Without Fires
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Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 081302806X
ISBN-13 : 9780813028064
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Synopsis Hell Without Fires by : Yolanda Nicole Pierce

Examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, Yolanda Pierce argues that for African Americans, accounts of spiritual conversion revealed "personal transformations with far-reaching community effects.

Hell Without Fire

Hell Without Fire
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Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015054298172
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Synopsis Hell Without Fire by : Love Henry Whelchel

E., illustrating the emergence of black Methodism from white control in the South following the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.

Hell Without Fires

Hell Without Fires
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Publisher : University Press of Florida
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 9780813072173
ISBN-13 : 0813072174
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Hell Without Fires by : Yolanda Pierce

Hell Without Fires examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a "New Jerusalem," a place they could call home. Yolanda Pierce insists that for African Americans, accounts of spiritual conversion revealed "personal transformations with far-reaching community effects. A personal experience of an individual's relationship with God is transformed into the possibility of liberating an entire community." The process of conversion could result in miraculous literacy, "callings" to preach, a renewed resistance to the slave condition, defiance of racist and sexist conventions, and communal uplift. These stories by five of the earliest antebellum spiritual writers--George White, John Jea, David Smith, Solomon Bayley, and Zilpha Elaw--create a new religious language that merges Christian scripture with distinct retellings of biblical stories, with enslaved people of African descent at their center. Showing the ways their language exploits the levels of meaning of words like master, slavery, sin, and flesh, Pierce argues that the narratives address the needs of those who attempted to transform a foreign god and religion into a personal and collective system of beliefs. The earthly "hell without fires"--one of the writer's characterizations of everyday life for those living in slavery--could become a place where an individual could be both black and Christian, and religion could offer bodily and psychological healing. Pierce presents a complex and subtle assessment of the language of conversion in the context of slavery. Her work will be important to those interested in the topics of slave religion and spiritual autobiography and to scholars of African American and early American literature and religion.

Hell Under Fire

Hell Under Fire
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Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780310831280
ISBN-13 : 0310831288
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Hell Under Fire by : Zondervan,

Of all the teachings of Christianity, the doctrine of hell is easily the most troubling, so much so that in recent years the church has been quietly tucking it away. Rarely mentioned anymore in the pulpit, it has faded through disuse among evangelicals and been attacked by liberal theologians. Hell is no longer only the target of those outside the church. Today, a disturbing number of professing Christians question it as well. Perhaps more than at any other time in history, hell is under fire. The implications of the historic view of hell make the popular alternatives, annihilationism and universalism, seem extremely appealing. But the bottom line is still God’s Word. What does the Old Testament reveal about hell? What does Paul the apostle have to say, or the book of Revelation? Most important, what does Jesus, the ultimate expression of God’s love, teach us about God’s wrath?Upholding the authority of Scripture, the different authors in Hell Under Fire explore a complex topic from various angles. R. Albert Mohler Jr. provides a historical, theological, and cultural overview of “The Disappearance of Hell.” Christopher Morgan draws on the New Testament to offer three pictures of hell as punishment, destruction, and banishment. J. I. Packer compares universalism with the traditional understanding of hell, Morgan does the same with annihilationism, and Sinclair Ferguson considers how the reality of hell ought to influence preaching. These examples offer some idea of this volume’s scope and thoroughness.Hell may be under fire, but its own flames cannot be quenched by popular opinion. This book helps us gain a biblical perspective on what hell is and why we cannot afford to ignore it. And it offers us a better understanding of the One who longs for all people to escape judgment and obtain eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Born in Hell, Forged in the Fire, Prosper in the Warmth

Born in Hell, Forged in the Fire, Prosper in the Warmth
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Total Pages : 70
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ISBN-10 : 1646201558
ISBN-13 : 9781646201556
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Born in Hell, Forged in the Fire, Prosper in the Warmth by : Larry E. Miller

It's a book of connection, spoken through experience. This book is meant to reach people and help them through whatever demons they may be fighting. We all go through something whether it's losing a loved one or growing up in the not so nice part of town. This book isn't meant to solve your problems it's meant to show you there is always a way to express how you are feeling the way you do and how to turn those emotions into something amazing not because others like it but because it's your words, your feelings.

Unquenchable Fire

Unquenchable Fire
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Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 1944967184
ISBN-13 : 9781944967185
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Unquenchable Fire by : Lawrence R. Farley

The doctrine of hell as a place of eternal punishment has never been easy for Christians to accept. The temptation to retreat from and reject the Church's traditional teaching about hell is particularly strong in our current culture, which has demonstrably lost its sense of sin. Fr. Lawrence Farley examines the Orthodox Church's teaching on this difficult subject through the lens of Scripture and patristic writings, making the case that the existence of hell does not negate that of a loving and forgiving God.

Hellfire

Hellfire
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9781473520387
ISBN-13 : 147352038X
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Hellfire by : Karin Fossum

A mother and child are found dead in an old caravan on a remote piece of land. There is a bloody footprint at the scene. Meanwhile, another mother confesses to her son that he is adopted. The man who abandoned them, now the focus of the boy's obsession, is not his real father. Chief Inspector Sejer is tasked with investigating the murder – and soon receives important information about the two families...

Rethinking Hell

Rethinking Hell
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9781630871604
ISBN-13 : 1630871605
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Hell by : Christopher M. Date

Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death"--an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earl Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell.

Hell Fire

Hell Fire
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Publisher : Amazing Facts
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1580190413
ISBN-13 : 9781580190411
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Hell Fire by : Joe Crews

Does it burn forever someplace in the middle of the earth with the damned being cooked by the devil? Hell, every religion seems to have some version of it. Some beliefs make God and Satan out to be equal sovereigns reigning over their respective domains, heaven and hell. Other beliefs make hell a place of eternal unhappiness. Many people have turned away from belief in God and many others are confused about His loving character all because of a misunderstanding of Hell. Find out what the Bible really says about hell and put the confusion to rest. God is a God of love, mercy, and justice, and a correct understanding of Hell is essential to understanding God's plan to get rid of sin forever.

Hell? No!

Hell? No!
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : 1477401938
ISBN-13 : 9781477401934
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Hell? No! by : Rick Lannoye

If you are one of the millions of people who, as a young child, was instilled with the fear that God actually tortures people for eternity, this book is for you!In Hell? No! Rick Lannoye masterfully unravels all the ploys used to perpetuate the fear of Hell, beginning with the history of its pagan origins, the process by which Christianity adopted Hades from Greek mythology and how the original gospels have been manipulated to keep the unfounded fear of it alive today.But most importantly, Lannoye provides practical advice to anyone--no matter how emotionally and spiritually abused--about how they can be set free and become absolutely certain there is no such place as Hell.