Rob Bell, a popular pastor in the emerging church, says God is no longer angry. So Apprising Ministries offers this message from Dr. John MacArthur as a corrective counterpoint.

MacArthur’s sermon is based on Romans 1:18-32 and he opens with verse 18 — For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. It’s interesting to note that in the Greek the sentence reads the wrath of God is being revealed indicating God is progressively revealing His wrath.

MacArthur begins:

It is always instructive, it is always enlightening, it is sometimes literally scintillating to turn to the pages of God and see what it has to say and how relevantly it speaks to our time and to our lives. That will be true tonight as we turn in our Bibles to the first chapter of Romans. Romans chapter 1 and we’re going to be looking at a somewhat familiar portion of Scripture to anyone who is a student of the Bible…

This section is about the wrath of God. Admittedly not a popular subject, certainly not a popular subject in the world and not even a popular subject in the church. But an absolutely critical and central subject to any understanding of the gospel, the wrath of God…

You can read the rest of MacArthur’s message here.

See also:

ROB BELL SAYS GOD HAS ALREADY MADE PEACE WITH ALL MEN

ROB BELL AGREES WITH NEW AGE GURU MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

A DIFFERENT GOSPEL IN THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE NEW EVANGELICALISM?