Michael Bahry

Author, Director of a Non-Profit, Adjunct Instructor at Salve Regina University, and Public Speaker.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

If you have not yet, please check out my book. Hell is a Bad Word: A Place of Never-Ending Punishment That Jesus of Nazareth Never Spoke of. https://t.co/mIyvR9pyt2 #Amazon via @Amazon

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

@montes_sia @amazon Hi L and thanks for reaching out and thanks for following me. I will be sharing more about where I stand on the issues soon. I am just finishing the semester and haven't even anounced that I am running. Have an awesome day. michael

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

If you have not yet, please check out my book. Hell is a Bad Word: A Place of Never-Ending Punishment That Jesus of Nazareth Never Spoke of. https://t.co/mIyvR9pyt2 #Amazon via @Amazon

[Erica @EricaArndts]

A true honor to paint The King of Kings 🙌

“Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.”

Psalm 77:19

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Awesome

[Erica @EricaArndts]

My journey to Jesus has been a wild ride. Falling into the deepest ethers of the new age cult, only until a few years ago I found Jesus. Now I cannot stop painting him and all his glory!

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

If true, this is a travesty

[Steve Ferguson @lsferguson]

Over 86 billion of your taxpayer dollars was left in Afghanistan in the form of military equipment. People should go to jail for this

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Like so many people, I was shocked and deeply saddened by the video of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And like so many others, I am praying for his wife, his daughter, his son, the rest of his family and of course his friends; praying that the God who is self-giving love grants them comfort during the difficult days ahead. The pain they are feeling must be so very difficult to bear; the horror of watching a loved one’s life ending in such a violent and public way must be overwhelming.
At times, hatred seems to grow at a rate that makes it impossible to counter. One way to counter hate, is to not give any of your precious time to commenting on anything, or anyone that celebrates his death. Or giving time to anyone who speaks in any way about Charlie that may magnify the pain of those who love him so dearly. Anything that adds fuel to the blazing fire of hatred by posting or reposting hate is not worthy of our gift of being the image and likeness of God. In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus of Nazareth told the world; “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” These words, along with so many other words Jesus said, are light for a world that at times is shadowed in darkness.
Charlie said and did some wonderful things. But maybe Charlie said some things you didn’t agree with, if he did, please consider keeping your comments on his words to yourself now that his time has passed. I hope when I die, people focus on the things I said or did that they thought were good (if they can think of any). And I hope that they leave any judgement of my life to the love and mercy of God. In the same sermon, Jesus also said, “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” I’ll end this post here and try desperately to take my own advice; to listen and act on the words of the Savior of the World.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

@mog_russEN That’s not real is it?

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Here are a few paragraphs from my book, HELL IS A BAD WORD, A Place of Never Ending Punishment that Jesus of Nazareth Never Spoke Of. I thought it may help someone who struggles with the notion of eternal fire and separation for those outside the church.
Tragically, some Christians still interpret Scripture as if they can “know” that never-ending torment by fire is the destiny for everyone who dies outside the church, even if they have never heard the name Jesus. This is the “orthodox” doctrine that inspired bad translations, and very questionable interpretations of things Jesus said.
Most English Bibles do not use the word Gehenna; they use the word “hell.” When “hell” is used as a translation of the Greek word γέεννα, the significance of the reference Jesus made to the Old Testament is lost. The word “hell” brings with it the notion that people will suffer endlessly by fire in the afterlife, and that they will be separated from God forever. But Jesus does not mention those penalties. Because of its definition, the word hell should never be used.
It seems likely that Jesus was referring to what happened in the Valley of Gehenna on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the place where Israelite kings sacrificed their own children to appease a god that did not exist, the ultimate act of idolatry. It is fascinating that the actions of the Israelite kings are the inverse of what Jesus did on the cross as both high priest and sacrificial lamb (Heb. 7:26–27). Although he was innocent of any sin, he offered up himself for the sins of the whole world. A mission of self-giving love by God himself. It may be that Jesus intended to convey that giving in to anger and lust, hurting children, leading others astray, egregious inaction, fearing what men will say and do rather than fearing God, and being a hypocrite, are all rebellions against God, like the sins of Gehenna. And the sins of Gehenna led to death and exile in Babylon.
After reading the passages in the Bible that include the word Gehenna (translated as “hell”) without a preconceived notion that there is a place of eternal damnation, it certainly is not clear that Jesus spoke of such a place.
I agree with David Bentley Hart who wrote that, “It is not possible for anyone to know exactly what Jesus meant by Gehenna’s fire, nor is it possible to know how much time he thought someone would spend there.” I also agree with N. T. Wright’s statement, “Jesus simply didn’t say very much about the future life; he was, after all, primarily concerned to announce that God’s kingdom was coming “on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10).

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

See this Instagram post by @brics_countries https://t.co/erWfuZ2iWg

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

@CoachBahry Awesome

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Our God is Love and Mercy-- this needs to end.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

See this Instagram post by @unicef https://t.co/N3KYRH31gI

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Besides food, clean water, and medical supplies, there is a shortage of baby formula in Gaza. When will the violence against the people of Gaza stop? Mercy for all of God's children.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Yes, and also for the people of Gaza and the people of Iran. Jesus of Nazareth rejected power and offered Himself for the sins of the world. I believe everyone you believes in Him should be for an immediate ceasefire on all fronts.

[Jerusalem Dateline @JlemDateline]

#ShabbatShalom "Indeed, He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep." Psalm 121:4.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

https://t.co/RsO1JDxdvQ

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

The Bishops of the United States are calling on their government, and the whole international community, “to exert every effort to renew multilateral diplomatic engagement for the attainment of a durable peace between Israel and Iran.”
https://t.co/0u5zhiDT2C

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Over 10,000 people entered the Catholic Church in France at this year’s Easter Vigil, with influencers like her playing a significant role in inspiring these widespread conversions.

Video: Erga

[Dave DeCamp @DecampDave]

According to CNN, US intelligence assessments said before Israel’s attack last week that not only was Iran not pursuing a nuclear weapon, if it chose to do so, it would have taken three years to produce and deliver one.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo prays for the victims of a “terrible massacre” in Benue State, Nigeria.

Around 200 people were “brutally killed” in Yelwata, in the Guma Local Government Area on the night of the 13th/14th June, the Pope said, most of them internally displaced persons “sheltered by the local Catholic mission”.

Speaking just before delivering the Sunday Angelus prayer, the Pope prayed for “security, justice, and peace” in Nigeria, adding that he was thinking in particular of the “rural Christian communities of the Benue State who have been relentless victims of violence”.

Responding to the attack, Amnesty International Nigeria on Saturday called on Nigerian authorities to “immediately end the almost daily bloodshed in Benue State and bring the actual perpetrators to justice”.

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Well put Father.

[Dominican Friars Foundation @dominicanfriars]

Happy Father's Day from the Dominican Friars!

In this is the heart of fatherhood: the laying down of one’s own life. A father forgoes what he wants, knowing the course that he has to pursue for those entrusted to his care. Whether a natural father or a spiritual father, if there’s no self-sacrifice, it’s not really fatherhood. This Father’s Day, we pray that our spiritual fathers, and our adoptive and biological fathers, would be brave and self-sacrificing — in a word, men of integrity.
—Fr. Patrick Briscoe, O.P.

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Photo: Jeffrey Bruno

[Michael Bahry @Michael_Bahry]

Dear Frank,
I think you are saying that God did not make people for “hell”, and I agree.
But I think you believe and try to convince others that they must receive Jesus as Savior and Lord before they die, or they go to “hell”. And I think you are saying that everyone gets “fair shot” in this regard. Am I correct?
If I have you right on this, what about Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc. etc. etc., are they getting a fair shot?
What Happens to the billions upon billions of people who have never heard the Gospel? Do/did they get a fair shot?
Some have been told that the Gospel is an ultimatum: Love God in a specific way before you die or you will be thrown into never-ending fire for all eternity. What if people cannot accept that a good God would do such a thing?
What if they reject a God who would send them to eternal torment, even if they tried hard (knowing they fall short) all their lives to live a life of compassion and generosity?
Have people who live in horrific environments been given “a fair shot”?
What about people who have been exposed to war and brutality; have they been given “a fair shot” if they cannot believe in Jesus because “Christians” have supplied the bombs dropped on their dead siblings and parents? Or what if a person rejects Jesus because a priest sodomized their brother, who then committed suicide?
Jesus is the Savior of the world, this is very Good News, and I believe it.
But some say that the Gospel is, “believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord before you die and you will go to heaven, if not, you will be punished by fire for all eternity. Love him or burn forever? Does this sound like “good news” to anyone who has really thought it through? And most preachers are sure you can’t change your mind after death; they are sure that God’s mercy expires when your body expires. If someone says yes, this is the “good news/ Gospel of Jesus”, they must admit that this is very bad news for most who have ever lived. Does this sound like the work of a God who would suffer and die for the sins of the whole world; the God who is love?
So many preach that you must except Jesus as savior before you die or you go to hell. And I have heard that "no one spoke more about hell than Jesus". But I wrote a book called, HELL IS A BAD WORD, A Place of Never-Ending Punishment That Jesus of Nazareth Never Spoke of., and I would love to talk to you about it.
You really seem to love the Lord, and I love that. I think it would be a great conversation.
In Jesus the Messiah,
michael

[Frank Turek @DrFrankTurek]

Did God choose to send people to Hell? And why not create a world where everyone believes?
#Calvinism #Freewill