Being Saved
The central issue for the version of Christianity I grew up with was whether you would go to heaven or hell after death. The churches I attended all taught that your ultimate destiny depended on whether or not you had been saved.
The central issue for the version of Christianity I grew up with was whether you would go to heaven or hell after death. The churches I attended all taught that your ultimate destiny depended on whether or not you had been saved.
One of my former pastors used a blessing at the end of the weekly worship service that contained the following line: “May the God who loves you take delight in your living.” I found the line striking because it contrasted sharply with ways I had learned to think about God.