I remember the first war The way the sky burned The faces of angels destroyed I saw a third of Heaven’s legion banished And the creation of Hell I stood with my brothers and watched Lucifer fall But now, my brothers aren’t my brothers
Turned away by a Misrepresentation
Stained glass and white washed tombs The hearts of those who spoke to you Were never homes The God tried, they shun Him
They spoke out of Prejudice and ritualism
They themselves were lost Angels fold their wings
Angels fold their wings and weep Along with us, watching you Shun Christ’s sacrifice Shunning sacrifice
Angels fold their wings And weep along with us Watching you
Shun Shun
–Zao, “Ravage Ritual”–
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The denominations that are the most likely to have preachers of eternal punishment in Hell with conviction and urgency, are the independent Baptists (IFB)–Dr. John R. Rice and Sword of the Lord, the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC)–Dr. Carl McIntire, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster–Dr. Ian Paisley, the FIRE Churches (independent Reformed), the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)–J. Gresham Machen and his book Christianity and Liberalism, and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)–P&R Publishing and a confusing mix of preachers such as R. C. Sproul who rejected a literal Hell, Timothy Keller who downplayed preaching against sin, and Drs. Robert Peterson and John Gerstner who absolutely affirmed the Hell of the Bible.
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Dr. Robert Peterson, Hell On Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment (P&R, 1995), ch. 9.
Dr. Christopher Morgan, Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment (Zondervan, 2004), ch. 9.
Dr. John Gerstner, Repent or Perish: With a Special Reference to the Conservative Attack on Hell (SDG, 1997).
WesleyGospel, “R. C. Sproul Was a False Teacher That Rejected the Biblical Hell.” Also a Hell rejecter with the annihilationist concepts of the metaphorical hell fire of anxiety and separation from God in a depressing cave of darkness–there’s no literal burning alive in a fire that produces smoke for ever and ever; and there’s no worms eating away at the body either. He was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).