The Road to Hell [antikvár]

FOREWORDAbout five years ago I wrote a personal reminder in my notebook. It reads, T must preach more about hell.' I had been thinking about how, in the days of my youth, preachers had regularly impressed upon me that there was a 'heaven to gain and a hell to shun'. I was also feeling some alarm at an apparent lack of the fear of God in many Christians. It seemed to me that many who had become Christians in recent years had been taught about the loving care of Father God; but did they understand that he was also their judge?In the years that have followed, I don't think the balance has been redressed much and, I must confess, I have not paid much attention to the note to myself. Now my fi-iend David Pawson has come along with a sharp reminder.Many who read this book will be aware that hell has become a subject of some controversy in recent years. In a recently published letter someone writes, '[hell] is a subject on which I must fight. I could not love a God who would torture people eternally.' David is, of course, very aware of that controversy and writes in chapter 6, 'Hell may be disputed, for obvious reasons, even among believers.'