Francis Chan: Jesus Was Pretty Hardcore
July 6th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Christianity Today interviewed pastor and author Francis Chan on his new book Erasing Hell which answers some of the questions raised by Rob Bell in his book Love Wins. One of Chan’s quotes I thought was interesting was this:
Because we in America read certain passages over and over to the neglect of others, we start to believe that Jesus had a friendly tone all the time. And that there isn’t any wrath or anger or judgment. When you read it all like you are reading it for the first time, you walk away going, “Wow, he was pretty hardcore.”
In spite of the fact that we may not like the idea of hell and a God of wrath, we can’t ignore the picture that we see in the Bible. Mark Driscoll puts it this way.
Hardcore indeed.
