Friday, March 15, 2024

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
What Happened to Hell? (00:00)
Pope Francis’s (Typically) Confusing Comments About Hell Raise Questions About Hell in Doctrine and in the Culture
- How We Think About Hell by The Wall Street Journal (Lance Morrow)
- Even in Hell on Earth, We Have One Another by The Wall Street Journal
- Saints and the Bible Tell the Truth About Hell by The Wall Street Journal
What Does Natural Death Mean? Should We Use Modern Technologies to Forestall Death? (10:00)
- Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a 15-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
How Can Lay People Support Their Pastor? (15:34)
- Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
Do You About an Abolitionist Position on Abortion? (17:43)
- Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters from Listeners of The Briefing
How Do We Obey God’s Word While Getting Everything Else Done in a Day? (25:22)
- Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter from a Busy Mom of Toddlers and Listener of The Briefing
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[@leroyfranklin1333]

Concerning your comments on Abolitionist Position on Abortion: Before I was born, the doctor said told my dad that either he could save my mother's life or my life. My dad told him to save them both. My mom lived through the childbirth for over 60 years and gave birth several years later to my sister. I am obviously still alive and am 70 years old. Thank God that my dad told the doctor to "save them both"! I agree that the Abolitionist Position is the only Biblical view.

[@user-gb1pj5ns2x]

Another fine exposition by the excellent Dr. Mohler. I hope//pray this site, this program is on for many years yet. Thank you, Al Mohler.

[@docbrown7513]

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

[@timm9271]

Thankful for Father Frank and Priests for Life

[@poetmaggie1]

Hell didn't disappear, it disguised itself as heaven.

[@user-gb1pj5ns2x]

The 1st 2-1/2 minutes of Dr. Mohler's message re Pope Francis and hell is an attention getter. I wonder if there are 20-25% Catholics that read and/or understand basically anything of the main central truths of the Bible; mainly the salvation Christ offers his fallen creation.

[@bobtaylor170]

I saw something in a Substack comments section yesterday which delighted me. Some woman had cited a supposed angel at Fatima and what she had said about "making reparations for our sins." Another Catholic pointed out that "reparation" for our sins was made in the atoning death of Christ. I was thrilled to see it.

[@LindeeLove]

Prove hell is even real. You keep dangling this thing over people's heads to get them to join your cult, yet you can't even prove it is real.

[@mbritton837]

Jesus didn't talk more about hell than heaven...that is an oft repeated misconstrual of Biblical realities. Jesus talked about the kingdom of God far more than hell. Indeed, the kingdom was the central focus of Jesus' ministry. You wrongly bifurcate heaven and the kingdom because you have a platonized eschatology.

[@toddstevens9667]

Kingdom of God refers to the church, not heaven. Or rather, the kingdom of God in the hearts and lives of his spiritual subjects.

[@docbrown7513]

I don't know what bad teacher you got that from but it's not true. The Bible uses heaven over 690 times and hell/Hades less than 30 times.

[@toddstevens9667]

@@docbrown7513First, he’s referencing the teaching of Jesus in the Gospels. Second, the word “heaven” does not always refer to the place where God lives. It can also refer to the “kingdom of heaven” which is not the place, but a kingdom. Look at the Kingdom of Heaven parables in Matthew. “The kingdom of heaven is like …”. It’s not referring to the place.

[@user-gb1pj5ns2x]

@@docbrown7513 We (above here) speak of the Bible we have, but recall Apostle John who said Jesus said & done so much more that had all the things Jesus said in what we have been given (in Bible) tells me the Lord spoke of heaven & hell many, many times more so none of us know the differences. John said the world could not contain all Jesus said/done. We know he spoke of the narrow and wide ways. That is enough for me.