ON PUBLIC DISPLAYS AND MENTIONS OF ONE'S FAITH

THE IDIOT & LIBERAL-LACED MEDIA ARE HAVING
A CONNIPTION!  THEY ARE AFFRONTED BY THE
"BLATANT" REFERENCES TO FAITH AS ANNOUNCED
BY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES IN PARTICULAR.  HUMPH.

CINDY AND I ARE GRATIFIED WHEN WE HEAR AN
AFTER-GAME INTERVIEWEE GIVE CREDIT TO GOD OR
JESUS CHRIST FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE(S) OR VICTORIES!

THE LATEST "TARGET" OF CRITICISM, OF COURSE, IS
DENVER BRONCO'S QUARTERBACK, TIM TEBOW.  IT'S
BEEN LONG-KNOWN THAT TEBOW IS A CHRISTIAN,
OF THE "BORN-AGAIN" TYPE, AND THAT HE HAS BEEN
VERY ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH, WITH MISSIONS WORK,
AND SHARING OF HIS TESTIMONY TO GOD'S GRACE.

IT WAS ONE THING FOR TIM TO GIVE LAUDS TO HIS
CREATOR OR SAVIOUR AFTER HIS COLLEGE GAMES,
AFTER ALL, THERE WAS A "LIMITED" AUDIENCE.
BUT NOW THAT HE'S A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER,
WITH POSSIBLY MILLIONS WATCHING THE GAMES AND
THE ENSUING INTERVIEWS, THE "LAMESTREAM" OF
SPORTS ANNOUNCERS ARE BRISTLING AT HIS OVERT
DISPLAY AND MENTION OF HIS "RELIGION".

TOUGH!!  YOU WORLDLINGS ARE NEVER INTIMIDATED
WHEN CONVERSING ABOUT YOUR CAR, YOUR GOLF GAME,
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR JOB, YOUR SPOUSE, OR ANY OF
A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES OR POSSESSIONS.  WHAT,
WERE YOU HATCHED FROM AN EGG, AND RAISED IN
THE "OUTBACK"?

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, SPORTS FAN?
WHAT SUBJECTS OCCUPY YOUR CONVERSATIONS?
TO WHOM DO YOU GIVE CREDIT FOR YOUR SUCCESSES,
OR BLAME FOR YOUR FAILURES?

ARE YOU "RELIGIOUS" AT ALL?
HAVE YOU EVER OR NEVER ATTENDED CHURCH?
DO YOU PRAY?  TO WHOM?  ABOUT WHAT?

ARE YOU OFFENDED BY TEBOW'S AND OTHERS'
PROCLAMATIONS OF FAITH, CONVERSION, AND
EXPERIENCES IN THEIR CHRISTIAN WALKS?  WHY?

MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO WHAT TIM HAS
THAT HAS MADE HIM THE ICON THAT HE WAS IN
COLLEGE, IN LIFE, AND NOW AS A PRO!

MY PRAYER IS THAT MORE PEOPLE, OF ALL WALKS
OF LIFE, INCLUDING SPORTS, WILL UNASHAMEDLY
LIVE OUT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH JESUS!  A
BOWED HEAD, A VOCAL PRAYER, A FINGER POINTED
HEAVENWARD, AND A QUIET, HUMBLE SPIRIT ARE
ELEMENTS THAT MORE PEOPLE, WHETHER IN OR
OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, NEED TO DISPLAY AS
TESTIMONY TO THE SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST, AND
TO THE FATHER/CREATOR WHO GIVES US ALL THE
ABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL,
WHATEVER OUR PURSUIT OR PATHWAY IN LIFE!

P.S. - TIM IS A WINNER!  HIS 7 WINS WITH ONLY 1
LOSS THIS SEASON PROVES THAT!  BUT, TIM'S A
WINNER, ALSO, IN LIFE, THANKS LARGELY TO HIS
(AND MY) REDEEMER/SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST!

A friend .......is a Friend.......is a FRIEND!

Do you have friends?  I think most of us have some.
But we need to ask ourselves this question, "What is
a 'friend'?"  There are people we know.  People we
work with.  Those we do business with.  Some that
we "wait" on at the store or restaurant.

Then there are those who we live next to, have some
social or athletic contacts with, have grown up with,
gone to school with, or may even be related to.
Some we may belong to a church or social club with,
or are members of the same political group.

THEN, there are those "special" people with whom
we "connect", with whom we have a special bond,
a closeness, an infinite relationship which defies
words or definition.  THESE ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, for many
reasons, some of which I propose to define:

A FRIEND IS ONE WHO, THOUGH NOT NEAR
OR IN VIEW, YOU KNOW THEY ARE "WITH" YOU!

A FRIEND is someone who "hugs" you with their eyes!

A FRIEND KNOWS THE ANSWER TO "HOW ARE
YOU" WITHOUT EVEN ASKING!

A FRIEND never is put out by the timing of your
phone call!

A FRIEND IS ONE WHO IS "THINKING OF YOU"
THOUGH NOT SENDING A GREETING CARD!

A FRIEND gives and doesn't even remember doing
so or keeps record or expects a return!

A FRIEND SENSES WHEN YOU ARE DISTRAUGHT
OR OUT- OF- SORTS, AND KNOWS JUST WHEN
TO SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR!

A FRIEND gives affirmation with just a touch!

A FRIEND LOVES YOU EVEN WHEN YOU'RE
GUILTY OF AN "INDISCRETION"!

A FRIEND will "lend" without interest or payback
by a certain day or time!

A FRIEND JUST DOESN'T SAY "I KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH", BECAUSE THEY
ARE "GOING THROUGH" WITH YOU!

A FRIEND can spend a day, or an hour, or a
minute with you and you feel like your whole
life has been elevated to a new height!

A FRIEND WILL DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO
"BE HUMAN" AND NOT PERFECT!

A FRIEND will always give you "the benefit of
the doubt"!

A FRIEND WILL STAND WITH YOU IN THE
TOUGHEST TRIALS & RIGORS YOU FACE!

A FRIEND will pick you up when you fall, and
pull you down when you're "flying too high"!

A FRIEND WILL CRY WHEN YOU CRY, AND
LAUGH WHEN YOU LAUGH!

A FRIEND will put their arms around you so
you "don't lose it"!

A FRIEND WILL KEEP YOU IN PRAYERS, EVEN
WHEN NO PARTICULAR NEED IS KNOWN!

A FRIEND will take you where you need to go,
pick you up when you're ready, and just "go
along for the ride when you need to not be alone!

A FRIEND WILL SIT QUIETLY WITH YOU,
SAYING VOLUMES WITHOUT SPEAKING!

A FRIEND will lovingly and diplomatically help
you to see and/or feel differently when you are
"off track"!

A FRIEND NEVER HAS TO SHOW OR EXPRESS
"FRIENDSHIP" - YOU JUST KNOW IT'S THERE!

A FRIEND touches you where you can't reach
yourself, or where no one else can touch, or in
places you never knew existed!

A FRIEND CAN BE A SPOUSE, A CHILD, A PARENT,
A NEIGHBOR, A MENTOR, A COWORKER, A
BOSS, AN EMPLOYEE, OR ANYONE WHO OPTS
TO "BE IN YOUR LIFE & HEART"!

A FRIEND will never be hurt by anything you
say or do - they'll just back away, perhaps, and let
you vent until you're back to being YOU!

A FRIEND LOVES YOU IN SPITE OF YOUR
POLITICAL LEANINGS!

A FRIEND respects you opinion(s), even when
you're wrong!

A FRIEND IS YOUR FRIEND NO MATTER YOUR
SKIN COLOR OR RELIGION!

A FRIEND is always comfortable around you!

A FRIEND  LOVES YOU FOR JUST BEING YOU!!


I pray that this helps your day.  I'm your friend.
Have a great "everafter".  Love, Bill.    

"IT TOLLS FOR THEE!"

Writing about the passing (death) of other humans, a wise
old bard wrote, "Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."

Death is so certain and sudden, yet most of us are totally
uprepared for its arrival.  There's just something about its
suddenness, sometimes, that catches us offguard, and leaves
us with few, if any, words to express our emotions.

Such is the case with a long-time neighbor and friend who we
lost recently.  Dave was my next-door neighbor for over 16
years, until we moved last December.  I could stand at the
edge of my property and throw a stone lefthanded and hit
his house with it, if I had wanted to.

Over the course of time Dave and I had may interactions
and conversations, from work to cars to motorcycles to
"girlfriends" to our health, etc.

Once, right after one of my "life crises", I was attempting to
mow my lawn, and must have appeared to be struggling, as
Dave drove his lawn tractor across the street and helped me
to finish the job.  I don't remember if it was after my heart
attack or my appendectomy, but I appreciated his "neigh-

borliness" a lot!

Another time, when I was tackling the task of removing

a huge plot of rather large weeds that had become tree-like,

Dave was right there with an electric saw and other tools,

as well as himself to help make the task shorter and less

stressful. 

I wonder if I was a good neighbor?

Sometimes Dave and I would talk just to talk.  Both being single

for much of our friendship, I would josh with him about
getting a lady friend and "settling down", and he would do
the same right back at me.  We laughed a lot together.

Dave was only 58 when his COPD did him in.  I didn't even

know he was having problems.  I would tour the old
neighborhood usually on Sundays when we would go
back for church, and often stop and chat with him, as
usual and as in old times, about everything and nothing.

He looked good in the casket.  I was in shock.  I still am.
You know how you think some people will "always be
there"?  I did.  Dave wasn't.

Not much sense in driving through the old neighborhood
now, except maybe to catch Tom or Joe or Len just

standing around.  We didn't have as much "in common"

as Dave and I did.  And still do.  Even though I'm now
an hour's drive away, and return to town almost every

week, I miss my friend, Dave.  Probably always will.

I wonder if anyone will feel or think or write these kinds

of words about me when it's "my turn"?

"Every man's death diminishes me!" is another line of
old, which is still appropo.  It's hard to think that Dave

is no longer with us.  The old neighborhood will never

be the same.  The town will never be the same.  I will
never be the same.

REST IN PEACE, FRIEND DAVE, I trust you're with God!    

What If Christians Are Wrong?

Didja ever think about it?  Wonder about it?  What 'if"
all the things those church-going, Bible-thumping,
Scripture-quoting people are "missing the mark"?

What if they are totally wrong?  What if they're just
talking "pie in the sky", with nothing to really cinch
their beliefs?  What if they're "hoping against hope"
that there's a "prize" awaiting them - a place called
"Heaven" where all is just dandy?

Isn't that a stretch?  Isn't that being impractical?
Isn't that just "wanting" there to be a hereafter to
call "home", to relax in, to view the beauty all
around, to "be rewarded" with?  Heaven?  Huh?

Supposing, just supposing, these fanatics have
contrived this whole concept of a future filled with
"glory" and "God's presence and blessing"?  What
if there's no such place, and they're wasting their
time (and ours) talking about "being good", and
"being saved" so we can go there?

Well, let's give it some thought:  First, it's not a
bad idea to love your neighbor - it'll come back to

you.  Second, it's a great feeling to help someone

in need when you are able to do so.  Third, life

is much less stressful when you get along with
your family, coworkers, fellow-students, neighbors,
etc. 

Fourth, your conscience will give you "peace of

mind", a "taste of Heaven" when you lie on your

pillow at night.  Fifth, why would anyone want

to have enemies?  Sixth, it's so quiet, peaceful,

and relaxing to be in church Sunday mornings, or

whenever you go.  Seventh, just the idea that

there might be "angels all around" gives one the
strength and comfort to face life's challenges.

Eighth, "doing right" helps to keep your body's

functions operating properly.  Ninth, it feels

good to clean up, dress up, and have a nice lunch
or dinner after church service.  Tenth, who can

resist a smile, or a "God bless you", or a "I'll be

praying for you"?

AND DON'T YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT 

YOU ARE "FORGIVEN" ALL OF YOUR WRONGS? 

IF CHRISTIANS ARE WRONG, and there's nothing
to knowing Jesus Christ, loving God, living right,
loving others, and there's really NO REWARD (?)
awaiting at the end of life - there are plenty of
"rewards" here and now!!  Just treating people
well, being treated well, hobnobbing with others
who are decent folks, having moments of quiet
and peacefulness in a well-adorned sanctuary,
etc., LIFE AS WE KNOW IT HAS PLENTY OF
REWARDS!

But, Friend, and I do count you as my friend, I
must tell you, I'm totally convinced in my head
and in my heart, that THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
THAT AWAITS THE CHILD OF GOD in the
"afterlife".

There are too many "coincidences" about the
formation of the world(s), the compiling of the
Bible, the accounts of the life of Jesus, and the
records of miracles, and more, than the intelligent
mind can dare to dismiss.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU!
GOD HAS A BETTER LIFE FOR YOU!
GOD HAS FORGIVENESS FOR YOU!
GOD HAS PEACE FOR YOU!
GOD HAS HAPPINESS FOR YOU!
GOD HAS A SAVIOUR FOR YOU!
GOD HAS A PLACE "RESERVED" FOR YOU!

Can you afford to take the chance that Christians
are "wrong"?  CAN YOU?  I don't think so.
Accept Jesus Christ today as your Saviour, make
Him your Lord, and look forward to the next life,
which, I promise, will be better than this one!! 

IF MY PEOPLE WILL.........THEN I WILL..............!

A common Bible verse that Christians and Patriots use at
this time of the year is Second Chronicles, chapter 7, verse
14.  It's read and recited by many in their celebrations of
our country's birthdays, in the hopes of inspiring a return
to God and godliness by our fellow-citizens.

"If my people", it begins - the question here being, WILL
God's people?  So many good, church-going, decent,
upstanding citizens want to be known as God's, but I
fear that their reputations belie their true character.

God is looking for a people who will, indeed, be HIS!
He doesn't want pretenders.  In fact, He warns us about
"having a form of godliness" without the true nature to
back it up.

"If my people, who are called by My name," - To bear
and carry the name of Jehovah God is a heavy thing!
It's not a passport to Heaven.  It's not a guarantee of
presumptous forgiveness.  It's not a "good business
practice" to be known in the community as a church-
goer.  It's not enough!

To be called by His name means that we have to
act as He would act in every situation of life!  We
sin if we act any other way!  TO BE KNOWN AS
GOD'S MEANS TO ACT LIKE GOD'S!

"If my people, who are called by My name, shall humble
themselves," - this is a hard thing to do.  Our sinful
human nature wants us to advance our desires, push
to get our agendas accomplished, retaliate when we
feel we are wronged, and take pride in accomplishments
which we feel are worthwhile or worthy of notice.

HUMBLE?  Are you?  Am I?  What is humility, and
how should we "wear it"?

Basically, as I see it, humility is GIVING GOD THE
CREDIT for anything that happens or that we appear
to have succeeded in doing!  Give God the glory!  Give
God the attention!  Give God the praise!  As John the
Baptist proclaimed, "He (Jesus) must INCREASE, and
I (you/me) must DECREASE."  That's humility, friend.

"If my people, who are called by My name, shall humble
themselves..............and pray," - DO YOU PRAY?  I don't
mean do you recite "The Lord's Prayer" with your
fellow-attendees on Sunday mornings.  I'm not talking
about beseeching God when an "emergency" arises in
your life.  God is not "flattered" when there's something
you feel you "need" or "deserve" and you ask Him to
provide it for you.  PRAYER is soooooooooooo much
more than that!

To PRAY is to spend time with God.  It means to shut
yourself in, away from the busyness of the home, store,
office, street, etc., and CONCENTRATE on the
"business" at hand, namely that of talking to God in
earnest, "listening" to Him, contemplating words of
Scripture, and spending invaluable time in worship and
praise.  Prayer time is "escape" time - to shut the world
out, and BE ALONE IN GOD'S PRESENCE!

"If my people, who are called by My name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek My face," - SEEK HIS
FACE!  Wha?  What does this mean?  The prophets and
spiritual leaders of both Old and New Testaments asked
and sought to "see the face of God", and never
succeeded.  How can we?

What our Creator-God is saying here is that if we can
be serious and sincere in our prayers and intercessions
that we will "have His attention"!  HE WILL TURN HIS
FACE TO YOU, giving you His "undivided" time and
attention, not looking away to other parts of creation.
Be honest with God, and He'll be honest with you!
He will "give you His 'face'"!  WOW!

You don't have to be a reverend, or minister, or pastor,
or deacon, or teacher or prophet or anything of the
sort, YOU JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO SEEK HIS FACE!
He will turn his attention towards you!

"If my people, who are called by My name, shall humble
themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from
their wicked ways," - Whoa!  Our "wicked ways"?  Us?
Who is He talking to?  What is He talking about?  How
can God's people be "wicked"?

My take on this is that you know how that sometimes
we get "caught up" in the affairs of this temporary,
sin-laden existence - to the point that we soon find
ourselves of "no Heavenly good"?!  Methinks that
our Heavenly FATHER is cautioning (warning) us to
order our priorities properly, and not let "the cares of
life" interfere with our eternal mission - that of
representing our Saviour, Jesus Christ, and not
allowing ourselves to be "entangled" in temporal
matters.

What's most important to you?  What's next?  How
is your "list of priorities and objectives" ordered?
Take the time soon (now?) to write down the most
important things and activities in your life, and tell
yourself that you intend to honor those items
according to their importance!  Please.  Life is so
short, death so certain, and eternity so "eternal"!

What does God promise if we do these things?  WOW!
".....I will hear from Heaven, I will forgive their sin, I
will heal their land."!!  WOW!  SWEET!  AWESOME!

To think that the God of Heaven and of the Universe
will hear us......will forgive us.....will HEAL OUR LAND!
How we need that to happen!  At the risk of being "too
political" (who, me?), I offer to you that our Creator-God
wants to improve our nation's situation!  Of course, the
first "matter of business" is to restore us spiritually!
Then politically, economically, morally, socially, and
every other way you can think of!!

"IF.........I WILL............."  What is it that you want your
Maker/Saviour to do for you today?  Follow the simple
formula herein described, and WATCH THE MIRACLES
HAPPEN - individually, in your family, on your job,
in your neighborhood, your city, your state, in our
nation's capitol, and around the world.

God bless you, Bill.    

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU TRULY HAPPY?

ARE YOU HAPPY?  IF SO, HOW DID YOU GET TO THAT STATE?
WHAT DID IT TAKE TO SATISFY YOU TO THE LEVEL OF
CONTENTMENT AND JOY THAT YOU CURRENTLY OWN?

NOT HAPPY?  WHY NOT?  WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET YOU
OUT OF YOUR DOLDRUMS AND INTO AN ATTITUDE OF
PLEASANTNESS?

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT
IS GREAT GAIN."
AGAIN, "......LEARN.....TO BE CONTENT."

WHAT EVENT(S), WHAT FRIENDSHIPS, WHAT POSSESSIONS
WOULD YOU NEED TO PUT A SMILE IN YOUR HEART AND
ON YOUR FACE, CONTINUALLY?

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LACKING? 
ARE YOU IN POOR HEALTH?
DO YOU NOT HAVE "ENOUGH" MONEY?
ARE YOU FRIENDLESS AND ALONE?
DO OTHERS OFTEN DISAPPOINT YOU?

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY?

HOW MANY PAIRS OF SHOES DO YOU HAVE?
HOW MANY PAIRS OF PANTS ARE IN YOUR CLOSET?
HOW MANY COLORS OF TOPS ARE IN YOUR BUREAU?
HOW BIG IS YOUR LIBRARY?
DO YOU NEED MORE TIES?  (careful, now)
IS THE WEATHER SUITING YOU?  DOES IT EVER?
HOW MANY PAIRS OF SOCKS DO YOU OWN?
HOW MANY BELTS?  WHY?
ARE THESE THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU "HAPPY"?
COULD YOU DO WITH LESS AND STILL BE "HAPPY"?
HOW MUCH LESS?

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY?

CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT PEOPLE IN MOST OF THE
OTHER NATIONS OF THE WORLD HAVE A LOT LESS
THAN YOU HAVE!  CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?  WHAT
IF YOU LIVED THERE AND HAD ONLY ONE PAIR OF
SHOES (or none) TO WEAR, ONLY ONE TUNIC OR
BERKA, A PIECE OF ROPE TO HOLD YOU PANTS ON,
NO ACCESS TO A RITE-AID TO PURCHASE HAIR
PRODUCTS OR MAKEUP, ETC.  WHAT IF YOUR
WATER SUPPLY WAS "SUSPECT", BUT IT WAS THE
ONLY ONE YOU HAD?

GETTING MY DRIFT?  WE ARE SOOOO BLESSED!
IN LIGHT OF THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN, IT
BEHOOVES US TO TAKE INVENTORY OF THOSE
"THINGS" THAT WE THINK WE NEED, MANY OF
WHICH WE COULD EASILY DO WITHOUT, AND
CURTAIL EXPENSES, REDUCE OUR WARDROBES,
LIVE MORE SIMPLY, AND EVEN THINK ABOUT
PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE "MELTDOWN" OF
OUR WAY OF LIFE!?!

THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR CAN ONLY USE ONE PAIR
OF SHOES, ONE SUIT OR DRESS, ETC.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE REST TO HEAVEN - YOU'LL
GET A NEW WARDROBE THERE, ANYWAY!
AND THE REST OF YOUR "STUFF" WON'T GAIN YOU
ANY "POINTS" UP THERE! 


CAN YOU BE HAPPY WITH LESS?  ARE YOU BEING
A GOOD STEWARD OF GOD'S BLESSINGS AND
ENABLINGS?  REMEMBER WHEN JESUS SENT
HIS DISCIPLES OUT WITH ONLY THE COAT ON
THEIR BACKS AND A SINGLE PAIR OF SANDALS?

COULD YOU BE JESUS' DISCIPLE?  ARE YOU?  AM I?
WHOA, THAT'S HITTING CLOSE TO HOME.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE
IS TO LIVE MORE FRUGALLY, MORE SIMPLY, MORE
HOLY AND LESS-ATTACHED LIVES.  THINK ABOUT
IT.  PRAY ABOUT IT.

WHAT WOULD JESUS HAVE YOU CHANGE AND
STILL MAKE YOU HAPPY, OR EVEN HAPPIER?  CAN
YOU LIVE THE "JESUS-LIFE" WITH A LOT LESS THAN
YOU CURRENTLY POSSESS?  "THINGS" TAKE SO
MUCH CARE AND CONSUME SO MUCH OF OUR
TIME AND THOUGHTS, THAT WE NEED TO COMMIT
OURSELVES AND OUR POSSESIONS TO OUR SAVIOUR!!

GOD BLESS YOU - I'M PRAYING FOR YOU (AND MYSELF).

WHAT THE HELL, ROB BELL?

An avant-garde pastor from Michigan has been promulgating
a teaching that has tickled the ears of not only the 7,000
members of his Mars Hill Bible Church, but has been catching
the fancy of others who have heard him speak, and who are
reading his new book.

Rob Bell, creator of the "Nooma" videos which we have used
in our teen Sunday School class, is publicly expressing his
inner belief that the place known biblically as "HELL", may
very well not exist!  Humph.

It's called "universalism", a teaching that Jesus was crucified
for everyone, and that their accepting of Him or his sacrifice
is not essential to their eternal salvation.  Huh?

Akin to the doctrine of Calvinism, namely "eternal security",
this teaching has the portent of sending souls to their
damnation, rather than trust in the finished work of Christ
and accepting Him, followed by obeying His teachings.

Why would all those people want to hear such heresy?
JESUS TAUGHT THE REALITY OF HELL AND THE
AWFUL TORMENT OF THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GO THERE!

Is Rob Bell smarter than Jesus?
Is Rob Bell holier than Jesus?
Is Rob Bell closer to the Father than Jesus?
Has Bell had a "revelation" not given to Jesus Christ?
I THINK NOT.

Scripture talks of those who want to hear aberrations of the
truth.  We are warned not to have our "ears tickled" by
those who preach a FALSE GOSPEL, that other than what
Jesus and the Apostles taught.

ROB BELL IS DANGEROUSLY PUSHING PEOPLE CLOSE
TO THE PRECIPICE OF ETERNAL HELLFIRE!

Do I understand the concept of Hell?  NO.  Do I believe
that there are "levels" of existence after this life, depending
on what kind of people we are?  NO.  Am I happy about
the fact that those "outside of Christ" are facing an
awful, uncertain, everlasting fate?  NO.  Are you?

If, indeed the Bible is the Word Of God, then we have no
choice but to accept its teachings.  Pity the person who
"adds to or takes away" from its teachings.  We have no
other or better or surer guide to God and spirituality than
Holy Scriptures.  Those who try to change its teachings
are in danger of being "anathema"!

I would rather that Bell change the name of his church -
to what I won't suggest, only that the word "Bible"
should be deleted.  The whole truth or stop speaking.

WARNING:  I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE POTENTIAL MISLEADING OF SOULS AS TO
THEIR ETERNAL FATE.

Rob Bell, carefully consider and weigh your words - God
will not take lightly the responsibility that you're taking
upon yourself - it could cost you dearly.

Friend, pray for Rob and all of his adherents.