Hell Is Real

Why has the church gone quiet about hell? Pastor Chris Gordon opens with a picture of a town that refuses to listen to tsunami warnings because they feel unkind, and argues that the church has done the same with one of the clearest teachings of Jesus. Without the warning, the gospel loses its urgency and there is no course correction. Walking through Luke 16:14–31, he shows how Jesus, responding to Pharisees who loved money and mocked Him, contrasts two men: a rich man who lived lavishly for this world and ignored the beggar at his gate, and poor Lazarus, whose name means "God has helped," who trusted the Lord through a life of affliction.

Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

00:44 - Reading Luke 16:14–31

03:26 - The Crescent City Tsunami

07:05 - A Death-Denying Culture

11:22 - Jesus Did Not Flinch

12:41 - Two Men, Two Destinies

19:56 - Context: Lovers of Money

22:16 - Lawless Lives Under Judgment

24:42 - Lazarus Carried to Glory

26:43 - The Rich Man in Hades

30:28 - The Great Chasm Fixed

31:48 - "Warn My Brothers"

35:17 - The Word Is Enough

38:12 - Rising from the Dead

39:51 - A Tsunami's Coming

Mentions:

Abraham

Moses and the prophets

John the Baptist

Job

King David

The Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 5:11)

The Apostle John (1 John 3:17)

The Apostle Peter (John 6:68)

Lazarus of Bethany (John 11)

Penn Jillette

Kirk Cameron

1964 Crescent City tsunami

John 3:18

John 5:24

Matthew 13:41–42

Luke 18:13 (the tax collector's prayer)

Psalm 116:15