Mainstream Christianity wants us to think there has always been a harmonious consensus, and those who question are not simply disagreeing with their pastor… oh no! You are going against 2,000 years of what “those who follow the Spirit of God” have always believed and accepted as truth. We were handed an absolute narrative, told that it has withstood the test of time, and invited nicely to never question it ever… or else. These are the assumptions many of us grew up believing.
And as the story goes, various groups of “heretics” have attempted to tamper with this “right doctrine” throughout history, only to fail miserably as the truth remained undiluted over the centuries. People tend to have this idea that there is an orthodox doctrine – that there are certain truths and doctrines that have always been peacefully and consensually agreed upon and accepted by the majority of “people like us” throughout all the centuries. Merriam Webster defines orthodox as, “conforming to established doctrine, especially in religion.” You might also hear it defined as “right doctrine.” We are not referring to the proper noun here, as in the Orthodox Church, but to the common noun. When you begin to study Church history, you quickly realize that “orthodox Christianity” is an oxymoron.
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The following article includes excerpts from Raising Hell that have been Brazen Churchishly adapted for you guys!Īt the end, we’ll tell you how to get a free copy of Julie’s exhaustively researched and incredibly well-sourced book!
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If so, cancel your plans this week, start brewing some coffee, and download what is essentially a moderate-length ebook via the form below.įor our discussion today, we’ve partnered with Julie Ferwerda, author of Raising Hell: Christianity’s Most Controversial Doctrine Put Under Fire. We’ll show you where on the timeline eternal torment became a thing people believed in, we’ll look at the decidedly non-Biblical sources where it originated, and we’ll even examine why it stuck around.īut first, if you haven’t read parts 1 & 2, you might still be thinking Hell is a Biblical concept. While our past work has established that the concept of Hell can’t be adequately sourced from the Bible, today, we’ll be looking at Church history to see how Hell lodged itself into Christian beliefs. We looked at every time the word “Hell” is mentioned in scripture (and discovered it basically isn’t… ever) and then we looked at every passage seeming to suggest eternal torment (and found how poorly we understand stuff that wasn’t written to us).īut get excited, because like Jesus distributing wine at a wedding, we’ve saved the best for last. We’ve covered quite a bit so far in our discussion on Hell.
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