On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:07:11 -0600, No Spam, Just Gospel wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:05:45 GMT, Thomas Silverstein
> <
nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>HERETICS
>>[
http://www.thislife.org/ ]
>>
>>The story of Reverend Carlton Pearson, an evangelical pastor in
>>Tulsa, Oklahoma. His church, Higher Dimensions, was once one of the
>>biggest in the city, drawing crowds of 5,000 people every Sunday. But
>>several years ago, scandal engulfed the Reverend, he was denounced by
>>almost all his former supporters, and today his congregation is just a few
>>hundred people. He didn't have an affair. He didn't embezzle lots of
>>money. His sin was something that to a lot of people is far worse ... he
>>stopped believing in hell.
>>
>>[
http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/304.mp3 ]
>>
>>
> So, basically, if what Carlton is saying is true, then we can live
> however we want because everyone is going to heaven anyway. At least,
> that is what I got out of his teachings.
The scripture says that we love because He first loved us.
I have never come across a scripture that says we love because we don't
want to go to hell.