When you hear about the fire of God, what comes to mind?

Anger? Punishment? Destruction? Eternal torment?

But what if we've misunderstood one of Scripture's most powerful images?

In Week 4 of Rethinking Hell, we're looking at fire throughout Scripture and asking a critical question:

Does God's fire exist primarily to destroy—or does it reveal, purify, refine, and restore?

From Moses standing before a bush that burned without being consumed, to Malachi's refiner's fire, to Paul describing a fire that burns away someone's works while the person is saved, Scripture gives us a much bigger picture of divine fire than many of us were taught.

In this episode, we explore:

• The burning bush and God's presence in Exodus 3
• What it means that “our God is a consuming fire”
• God as the Refiner's Fire ...