The realm of the dead and hell seem to be easily confused with each other. These in themselves fallible confessions of faith that reflect the mainstream within Christianity, are explicit, with regard to hell. Jesus descended to hell (wrong translation: in the original text it reads: the realm of the dead) and ascended to heaven. What was the reasoning for the people’s response? Who can remember a sermon about hell? At that time, about 80 percent still believed in the existence of hell, but only 35 percent thought that anyone who did not know Jesus Christ as his personal Redeemer, would go to hell. In 1997, religion sociologist Hijme Stoffels did a research on the belief in hell with the EO supporters. His teaching is exposed by among others Oscar Lohuis Bart Repko too has finished with the classic belief in hell, also with contradiction. In his controversial best seller, Bell denies the existence of hell. The motive for this research was the book Love Wins by the American Evangelistic pastor Rob Bell, who is, according to the Time Magazine, one of the most influential Christian leaders of our time. Only 27 percent of the people questioned believes in a hell. After the B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber with the nickname Hell’s Angels had completed its mission for the first 25 bombardments in 1943, the whole Bomb Group adopted this nickname.Īn opinion poll in 2012 among a thousand of Christians from the range of church people jn The Netherlands on behalf Nederlands Dagblad (Dutch Newspaper) and the EO (Evangelistic Organization) Program ‘Door de wereld’ (Through the World) yielded a remarkable outcome. The name Hell’s Angels is from a movie of the same title from 1930. The Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club is the name of an international motor club. Books, movies, music, games with the title ‘inferno’ appear to be plentiful. However, in computer games such as ‘Doom’ and in modern music, hell seems nevertheless very popular. The hell itself is so terribly out of fashion. In addition, there is the belief in the humanly fabricated purgatory for the purification and penance to alleviate the punishment, and the belief in reincarnation is increasing. Universalism of Salvation or Universal Reconciliation (everybody will get saved) is popular. How well known actually is hell? While in the Christian world the hell seems to be moving to the background, the hell in the world is a common but, I fear, not so seriously taken phenomenon. More and more people are indifferent about hell, but do they have a false rest? Partly because of this, fewer and fewer people in Western countries are freaked out about hell. Therefore, don’t worry, things will turn out right for everyone. It is also often positively assumed that the dead person is in heaven with God, and that it applies to all who have passed away. We say nothing more than good things about the dead. We often hear at funerals something about life after death. As a small human I want to remain modest on this major theme. I offer this following study with reluctance. Pijnacker Hordijk (translated by Ursula Moestapa) Troost en hulp in het laatste deel van het levenīestaat er een kloof tussen geloof en hulpverlening?ĭe Bijbelse weg voor de nood van homoseksuelen Spiritisme - de geestenbezweerster van Endorĭe effecten van porno op het mannelijke brein Intelligent buitenaards leven - de ondergang van het christendom? Waarheid en leugen - over valse messiassenĭe schone schijn van het universeel soefismeĪlverzoening - een geraffineerde misleidingġ5 stellingen over de wedergeboorte van de gemeente Het wonder van de maagdelijke geboorte van Jezus Voortschrijdende Godsopenbaring in de BijbelĮen weging van de New Apostolic Reformation - deel 1Įen weging van de New Apostolic Reformation - deel 2Įen weging van de New Apostolic Reformation - deel 3ĭe 15 meest voorkomende denkfouten bij christenenĭe menselijke vrije wil en de soevereiniteit van God Zijn Gods liefde en Gods toorn te rijmen? De Joodse Talmoed en christelijke apologetiek
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