When Talking About Hell…
When I went to sleep last Thursday I didn’t expect to wake and find that the topic of hell had become a national conversation piece. While we cannot control the public conversation with all its warts, snark, and well-meaning contributions, we can take responsibility for how we speak about what is a grave issue; the eternal state of people. Meanwhile, like Nero plucking his harp while Rome burned, columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Growden, joked that “Folau’s version of hell, surrounded by drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters, actually sounds like good fun—especially if it excludes...