Is a "WOW" factor experience really necessary to worship God?
Occult in the Church?
Wired for Worship
Whose image is that?!
Is God Unfair?
The question of God's fairness comes up when people don't understand the absolute holiness of God and the fact that we sometimes tend to put God in a box. We have expectations of how we think God should act, however God's ways are far above and beyond man's ways as written in Isaiah 55:8-9:
Thoughts About the Afterlife
It is true that the doctrine of Hell has been preached about in the past by "fire and brimstone" preachers to scare people into "getting saved". This has caused many to believe that accepting Jesus is some sort of fire insurance, but that's not the point. The point of salvation is to restore people's broken relationship with God. If people will admit it, they sometimes feel real guilt over things they have done or are doing that violate God's rules (the 10 commandments).