Tag Archives: Hell

Dear John MacArthur Fans: Thank God Hell Isn’t Real, Because That’s Where He’d Be

Posted on July 17, 2025 by theboeskool

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure, Uncategorized | Tagged Beth Moore, Eileen Gray, Hell, I Never Knew You, John MacArthur, John MacArthur Legacy, Martin Luther King Jr, Rachel Klinger Cain, Reformed Theology, Social justice, The Roys Report, The Sermon On the Mount | 4 Comments

Christians and Torture: Why So Many Don’t Have A Problem With It

Posted on May 12, 2018 by theboeskool

Torture has been in the news a lot recently… Though it is usually referred to by it’s more palatable euphemism, “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.” The confirmation hearings for Gina Haspel (President Trump’s pick to head the CIA) have been focusing on … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged 81% of white evangelicals, Christians, Clint Smith, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Eternal Conscious Torment, Franklin Graham, Gina Haspel, Goodness, Hell, Jesus, John McCain, Morality, Torture, Waterboarding | 5 Comments

“All Sins Are Equal,” and Other Christian Nonsense

Posted on March 7, 2018 by theboeskool

“No sin is worse than any other.” You’ve probably heard this little piece of “christian” craziness before. I remember hearing it as a child, growing up in the Calvinist tradition of my family. It is a widely accepted absurdity meant … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged All sins are equal, All sins are NOT equal, Calvinism, Hell, Jesus, Louis CK, Megan Barry, Missing the mark, Sin, Total depravity, TULIP, We are worthy of being loved | 8 Comments

Tell Me If You Think I’m Going To Hell….

Posted on December 30, 2013 by theboeskool

Not too long ago, I got shot in the chest. I was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car, and a woman stuck a gun through the passenger window and demanded that I give her all my money. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure | Tagged Anne Lamott, Certainty, Faith, Hell, Hope, Illusion of Certainty, Missionary of Uncertainty, The opposite of faith | 32 Comments

You’re Not A Christian If….

Posted on April 24, 2013 by theboeskool

I was listening to the radio last week–it was a couple of days after the bombs went off in Boston–and the DJ was talking about finding the person/persons who did it. She said, “I hope that we find whoever did … Continue reading →

Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics | Tagged An Eye For An Eye, Boston Bombing, Death Penalty, DJ Tanner, Hell, Jesus, Mercy, Quakers, Real Christians, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, You're not a Christian if | 43 Comments

Rob Bell and Puppies in Hell

Posted on January 23, 2012 by theboeskool

“If millions and millions of people who have never heard of Jesus are going to be tormented forever by God because they didn’t believe in the Jesus they’d never heard of, then at that point we will have far larger … Continue reading →