THE SONS OF A GARBAGE DUMP Twelve times, the Greek word Gehenna appears in the New Testament manuscript. Twelve times it is rendered either “hell” or “hell fire”, at times, making an interpretive reading problematic. We addressed six of them in the last chapter and found that the context of the passages in question couldContinue reading “Gehenna”
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Better to Be a One-Eyed Christian
31°46′6.262″N 35°13′49.58″E In Chapter 5, Hell on Earth, we looked at the idolatrous history of the Valley of Hinnom, the putrid, smoldering refuse dump below the wall of the city of Jerusalem that may have burned for nearly 1,000 years. This heap of everything rancid on the floor of the valley was called ge HinnomContinue reading “Better to Be a One-Eyed Christian”
Undressing Orthodoxy 