Signs of Compassion

I like these thoughts from Carson T. Clark and I recommend you read them and also visit his website! I particularly love the quote from Schaeffer which, when read in the light of the whole Rob Bell controversy, mirrors others who have said that we should never speak of hell without tears in our eyes:

“What men find ugly is what they see in Christians who hold to the orthodox doctrine that men are lost, but show no signs of compassion… This is what causes men in our generation to be turned off by evangelicalism.”

More from the original article here - http://carsontclark.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/francis-schaeffer-on-rob-bell/

Thanks Carson!

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