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Fear of God as wisdom

Fr Ronald Rolheiser December 28, 2023 god, sin, wisdom
Fear of God as wisdom

Why don’t we preach hellfire anymore? That’s a question asked frequently today by a lot of sincere religious people who worry that too many parishes and too many priests and ministers have gone soft on sin and are over-generous in speaking about God’s mercy.

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