ABOUT THIS EPISODE
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
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
