Judgment not appeal, it feels like it is the enemy. Many contemporary western churches seem to have aĭifferent agenda – that of self-worth, self fulfilment and self-realization.įor many this seems to be what the kingdom of God means – that God will healĪnd restore me, God will put my life back together. The violence of the texts on judgment, particularly those which speak of hellĪs a place of eternal fire. Teach on the judgment of God as often as we should. Probably many reasons why we and many others did not and do not preach and He asked us to think about why weĭidn’t preach on it given it is a pretty central teaching in the Christian faith. We were all preaching in Advent when Anglicans are supposed to takeĪ month to think about life in the light of the fact that Christ will comeĪgain to judge the living and the dead. Preached on the judgment of God in the last year or so. (now Bishop) Ed Condry asking us, as a room full of curates, how many of us had They do not necessarily reflect the view of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence. Guest blogs are invited to stimulate thought and comment.
He is the author of Playing with Dragons: Living with Suffering and God (Cascade: 2014) and more recently The Jesus You Really Didn’t Know: Rediscovering the Teaching Ministry of Jesus (Cascade: 2019), in which he reflects on our antipathy as Christians to the judgment of God and on the grace and gentleness of God in preparing us for that day. Andy Angel is the vicar of St Andrew’s Church in Burgess Hill, UK and lectured in Anglican theological colleges for many years.
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