‘Put simply, failing to help the poor could dam you to hell. I know, I know, everyone wants to qualify this. We want to add all sorts of footnotes to fix Jesus’ shaky theology in Matthew 25 – justification is by faith, not by works; you don’t really have to help literal poor people, etc. But it’s ironic that some will fight tooth and nail for the literalness of Jesus’ words about hell in this passage, yet soften Jesus’ very clear words about helping the poor.’
Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle, Erasing Hell, p.122.
