Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!rjf001!hpftc!zardoz!uci-ics!orion.cf.uci.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: boulder!boulder!eesnyder@ncar.ucar.edu (Eric E. Snyder) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Abbie Hoffman Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 89 06:21:04 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 41 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I was give a pamphelet this afternoon in Sproul Plaza. I would like to share it with the Net: WHERE IS ABBIE? Abbie Hoffman was a radical and wanted the world to know it. He rejected all authority and chose a life of rebellion, sex, and drugs. But rejecting God was his big mistake!! The Bible says, "Don't kid yourself. God is not mocked. what you sow is what you reap." Sure enough Abbie's sins caught up with him when he overdosed on drugs. He learned the hard way that "the wages of sin is death." On his way out, did he think to get right with God, probably not-- who can think straight on dope? So, odds are, Abbie's in Hell today though God doesn't want anyone to go there. Now what about you? The Bible says, whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." That means, turn away from your sins, call on the Lord Jesus to forgive you, and God will help you get your act straight. God loves you but don't expect Him to feel sorry for you if you go to Hell. That is your choice not God's. Thank you for listening; I think we can all learn from Abbie's example. God bless you! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AAGGTGCAATGATGAGGAATTTTATCGTAGTTATGAATAATCCTGCAAGAGGTGCAAAACCCAGAGTACCTCA Eric E. Snyder Department of Molecular, I thought it was rain for a minute; Cellular and Developmental Biology I thought the game had been called. University of Colorado, Boulder TTCCACGTTACTACTCCTTAAAATAGCATCAATACTTATTAGGACGTTCTCCACGTTTTGGGTCTCATGGAGT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [An interesting approach to evangelism. I've seen plenty of pleas to repent before, but I think this is the first time I've seen one mention a specific person who is (probably) in Hell. My first reaction was to wonder why they would mention a specific name, given our Lord's very specific instructions not to judge others. But on further reflection, I can see that it's an attempt to penetrate the drug culture by referring to a specific drug-related tragedy. Still, I wonder whether this is the right way to do it. I wonder whether any of our readers have have been working in any ministries related to drugs, and would tell us about their experiences. --clh]