Ancient Paths: “He Descended Into Hell; On the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead” - Mikaela Turner - 9th March 2025

WHAT IF HELL ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK?

📖 “He descended to hell. On the third day, he rose again from the dead.”

This line in the Apostles’ Creed isn't about fear—it’s about freedom.

💭 Hell has been weaponised to control, exclude, and shame. But Jesus doesn't avoid hard places—he goes through them.

🔥 He enters death, darkness, and even hell—not to condemn, but to liberate.
🔓 The doors of hell aren’t locked by God—they’re opened by Christ, who holds the keys.
👀 If our vision of hell looks more like vengeance than Jesus, it’s time to reimagine.

Jesus doesn’t change who God is—Jesus reveals who God is:
💗 A God of nonviolent, liberating love.

So we ask:
 Are we using hell to harm or to heal?
 Are we more concerned with control than Christlike compassion?

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The Steeple Church Podcast is recorded on Wurundjeri land in the east suburbs of Naarm - that you will find on a map as Balwyn in Melbourne, Australia.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of these lands, the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and we pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Sovereignty was never ceded.

You can view the full Steeple Church Acknowledgement of Country here.
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