tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post6698066514656593256..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: Blogging heaven and hell: 6Suzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-32394495562120039932011-03-20T22:10:16.029-07:002011-03-20T22:10:16.029-07:00Sue - I have not read all about this, but I did wr...Sue - I have not read all about this, but I did write something today that was inspired in me from some marvelous pictures of the full moon from a friend. See <a href="http://meafar.blogspot.com/2011/03/hell.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-78610300585873040642011-03-20T12:44:57.708-07:002011-03-20T12:44:57.708-07:00Thanks for the link. Thank you even more for your...Thanks for the link. Thank you even more for your series of posts on hell. The whole issue deserves much much attention because of what believer333 comments here: "there is no hell on earth worse than spiritual abuse... because of people lording over others." Indeed!<br /><br />This reminds me of something Eugene Peterson is reported to have said recently on the whole Rob Bell book backlash by so many spiritual leaders:<br /><br />"I don’t like it when people use hell and the wrath of God as weaponry against one another."<br /><br />This is the crux of the problem, spiritual abuse. BTW, the Peterson statement is from a blogpost that <a href="http://rachelheldevans.com/sunday-superlatives-3-20-11" rel="nofollow">Rachel Held Evans links to from here</a>.<br /><br />Peterson seems to be wise, and we also appreciated <a href="http://powerscourt.blogspot.com/2011/03/eugene-peterson-on-women-preaching.html" rel="nofollow">your linking to a post from here</a>. In the bit you quoted of him, he credits his mother, a preacher, whom the Holy Spirit would use to tell "some of the best parts" of the Bible!J. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-83473894058251974232011-03-20T08:56:27.950-07:002011-03-20T08:56:27.950-07:00Now I've learned something of the language of ...Now I've learned something of the language of hockey. :)<br /><br /><i>"But I want to add that in a coercive church atmosphere, the men suffer much more than the women, concerning beliefs and doctrines."</i><br /><br />I'm not sure I agree with this. Perhaps, if a woman has zero desire to serve the Lord in anything resembling spiritual ministry, than a man who is expected to serve and doesn't have the skills or want to, he suffers more. Yet, in my estimation, there is no hell on earth worse than spiritual abuse, where one is not allowed to be the person they are called to be in Christ because of people lording over others.believer333https://www.blogger.com/profile/03480546499577897857noreply@blogger.com