DP, by my definition as a Christian, teacher and that of my fellow Christians I've worship with for almost 20 years with; Hell is eternal, the punishment isn't. Hard to continuously punish someone when they're destroyed. Bottom line for me, the place is eternal, the punishment isn't. It may be worded as final and therefore there is no reprieve from the destruction (in essence an everlasting consequence as destruction is final), but any Christian who denies otherwise ignores the very clear wording of Jesus (that he can destroy both soul and body in Hell). Then there are legions of Christians that don't even believe in hell as imaginatively described.
Heaven isn't about Hell isn't about forgiveness/reward for something we've done. It's a matter of repentance and acceptance. All who repent and accept are forgiven, those that don't obviously don't care about being forgiven and are relinquished to their lot.
Heaven isn't about Hell isn't about forgiveness/reward for something we've done. It's a matter of repentance and acceptance. All who repent and accept are forgiven, those that don't obviously don't care about being forgiven and are relinquished to their lot.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari