Branch Church

The Elephant in the Church: Why Should We Believe in Hell Anymore Today?
Locations & Times
Branch Church
83 Pine St, Peabody, MA 01960, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Peter Kraft writes, “Of all the doctrines of Christianity, Hell is probably the most difficult to defend, the most burdensome to believe and the first to be abandoned.” Coming face to face with these passages on hell and asking these questions is a heart wrenching process. When it comes to hell, we can't afford to be wrong or ignorant. We need the truth.
72% believe in heaven.
58% believe in hell.
Pew Research 2014
58% believe in hell.
Pew Research 2014
"Of all the doctrines of Christianity, Hell is probably the most difficult to defend, the most burdensome to believe and the first to be abandoned.” - Peter Kreeft
1. Hell is a real place of eternal judgment for our sin.
1. Hell is a real place of eternal judgment for our sin.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
“If you want to get rid of hell, therefore, you have to get rid of Jesus. And that’s the irony: if we’re going to say that the love of God was emphasized to a greater extent by Jesus in the New Testament, we have to acknowledge that the wrath of God also gets ratcheted up in the New Testament.” - D. A. Carson
1. Hell is a real place of eternal judgment for our sin.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
3. God's redemption from hell.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
3. God's redemption from hell.
1. Hell is a real place of eternal judgment for our sin.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
3. God's redemption from hell.
4. God doesn't send anyone to hell; we send ourselves.
2. Jesus believed in hell.
3. God's redemption from hell.
4. God doesn't send anyone to hell; we send ourselves.