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Build Ministry On Grace Not Performance
- Ground ministry and activity in a foundation of grace instead of performance to avoid burnout.
- Butler describes stepping back for years after a college spiritual burnout and rebuilding ministry from a posture of received grace.
Hell As Banishment From The City
- Hell is best understood as removal from God's renewed city rather than a subterranean torture chamber.
- Joshua Ryan Butler traces gehenna to a literal place outside Jerusalem used for idolatry and child sacrifice, then reinterprets it as banishment from God's kingdom.
Hell Locked From The Inside
- Hell functions as the state created by people insisting on autonomy from God, not primarily God inflicting gratuitous torment.
- Butler says the destruction tied to hell arises because people choose distance and unrepentant wills that harden against God.