August 14, 2009
August 14, 2009
“Only 59 percent of Americans believe in hell, compared with 74 percent who believe in heaven, according to the recent surveys from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. “I think it’s such a difficult and important biblical topic,” said Kurt Selles, director of the Global Center at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School. “There’s a big change that’s taken place as far as evangelicals not wanting to be as exclusive.” At the recent annual Beeson Pastors School, Selles led two workshops to discuss “Whatever happened to hell?” He asked how many of the pastors had ever preached a sermon on hell. Nobody had, he said. “ By Greg Garrison, Religion News Service and The Birmingham News
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[...] een hemel. Hierbij aangetekend dat 59% gelooft in een hel (de grote tegenhanger is van de hemel) [bron]. Er zijn nog meer onderzoeken die steeds weer zo’n getal laten zien (ergens tussen 70% en [...]