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Sermon Clip: Does Romans 9 predestine you to Hell?
Did God predestine you to Hell? Can he even do that? In this short sermon clip, Greg Boyd talks about his own struggles when trying to understand Romans 9 which on the surface seems to imply that God determines who goes to heaven and hell.
In the full sermon, Greg takes a deep look at Romans 9. Though many people believe this passage supports a predestined world Greg shows us how it means just the opposite.
View the full sermon here: http://whchurch.org/sermons-media/sermon/twisted-scripture-romans-9
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