Bill Faris, pastor of Crown Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Orange County, California, says that he never mentions hell to his congregation. “It isn’t sexy enough anymore,” Faris said. (“Hell Hath … No Fury,” The State newspaper, July 12, 2002). Harvey Cox Jr., an eminent author and professor at Harvard Divinity School, said, “There has been a shift in religion from focusing on what happens in the next life to asking, ‘What is the quality of this life we’re leading now?’ You can go to a whole
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