When first asked me to speak I already knew what I wanted to talk about: judgment of other people. However, as I began to pray about it I realized that the topic I had chosen was exactly that, MY topic. I strongly felt God's hand leading me another direction: God's judgment. As a Christian, as I'm sure many of you know, I am often faced with the paradox of how such a merciful God could ever send anyone to hell? I'm certain that most everyone has been asked that question at least once, or maybe even pondered it themselves. How do you answer that question?

Our generation is a highly indulged generation. We do what we feel like when we feel like without the thought of accountability. One of the more recent beer commercials on TV shows many people acting wild and "foolishly." In the end of the...