Robert Jeffress - Outrageous Truth...: Seven Absolutes You Can Still Believe

In Outrageous Truth, Robert Jeffress approaches the Goliath-like issues of our time with the calm, dead-eye aim of a contemporary David. If you want an encounter with the truth, read this book! It is so timely for this generation.

J OSH D. M C D OWELL , author and speaker

Anytime someone is bold enough to tell the outrageous truth, I am ready to listen. Dr. Jeffress holds nothing back in an all-out assault on the lies of Satan, the gates of hell, and the kingdom of darkness. You can plunge into this volume with absolute confidence in the authors fearless fidelity. Join him as he defends seven controversial but essential truths for our times.

J ERRY F ALWELL , chancellor of Liberty University

Robert Jeffress does a superb job of exposing politically incorrect lies that many Americans have embraced and integrated into their lives. He affirms and challenges all of us to use the plumb line of Scripture as our guide to the critical issues impacting our faith and our families. I have the privilege of seeing hundreds of manuscripts and new books each year; Outrageous Truth is one text that all Christians should read.

D R . R ICHARD L AND , president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

Robert Jeffress is a true hero. So many today are afraid to speak the truth on the key controversial issues of our day wont take the risk of going after these deceptions head-on. The truth will set you free.

M R . K ELLY S HACKELFORD , E SQ. , chief counsel, Liberty Legal Institute

Dr. Robert Jeffresss Outrageous Truth is a most provocative work. Whether or not a person agrees with each statement, the book contains many profound truths that should be read by every Christian today.

D. J AMES K ENNEDY , PhD, senior minister of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale

In Outrageous Truth, Dr. Jeffress has once again proved his mettle in taking on the difficult subjects. This book will answer the questions of the mind while it comforts the soul.

P AIGE P ATTERSON , president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I have no doubt that many will come to a place of hope and will find peace for their souls as they read Outrageous Truth.

D ENNIS J ERNIGAN , author, song writer, and Doxology recording artist

Outrageous Truth is a book that tackles the tough issues of the day. If you want to dialogue with the culture in a persuasive manner, this is a must-read.

B OB R ECCORD , president of North American Mission Board

Outrageous Truth is refreshing, affirming, and convicting a must-read for people of every persuasion, but especially for Christians who want to be found faithful in this generation. I intend to recommend this book everywhere I go.

R ICK S CARBOROUGH , president of Vision America

This is not a book for the weak-willed or the faint of heart. It is a clarion call to stand up for the truth and do something about it.

D R . E D H INDSON , dean of the Institute of Biblical Studies, Liberty University

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O UTRAGEOUS T RUTH
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New American Standard Bible ( NASB ). Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org). Scripture quotations marked ( NKJV ) are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( TLB ) are taken from The Living Bible, copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

Italics in Scripture quotations reflect the authors added emphasis.

Details in some anecdotes and stories have been changed to protect the identities of the persons involved.

Copyright 2004, 2008 by Robert Jeffress

Previously published under the title Hell? Yes!, copyright 2004.

Published in association with Yates & Yates, LLP, Attorneys and Counselors, Orange, California.

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The Library of Congress cataloged the original hardcover edition as follows:

Jeffress, Robert, 1955.
Hell? yes! : and other outrageous truths you can still believe / Robert Jeffress.1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-83067-8
1. ChristianityMiscellanea. 2. Theology, DoctrinalMiscellanea. I. Title.
BR121.3.J45 2004
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To Mrs. W. A. Criswell
For more than seventy years you have faithfully taught
the immutable truths of Gods inerrant Word.
Thank you for the eternal impact your ministry has made on me,
the thousands of members of First Baptist Church, Dallas,
and the tens of thousands who listen by radio
to your Spirit-filled lessons every Sunday morning.

I want to express my deepest appreciation to those who have assisted me in the production of this book

To Steve Cobb, Don Pape, and the team at WaterBrook Press for your enthusiasm for this project from the very beginning and for your continued encouragement in my writing ministry.

To Bruce Nygren, my editor, for your insightful comments and suggestions.

To my agent and friend, Sealy Yates, for providing your wise counsel throughout this process.

To Bobb Biehl for coming up with the title for this book in less than three minutes over breakfast one morning.

To Cecil Price for your assistance in providing much of the technical research for this project.

To David Barton whose excellent books provided the foundation for much of the material in the chapter titled America Is a Christian Nation.

To my assistant, Carrilyn Baker, for your help in ways too numerous to enumerate.

And finally, to the members of First Baptist Church, Wichita Falls, for the privilege of serving as your pastor. For twelve years you have never wavered in your love and support for me, even as our church has faced relentless attacks for voicing the outrageous truths presented in this book.

T ruth is abhorred by the masses, cautioned the seventeenth-century Jesuit priest Baltasar Gracian. If you dont accept that observation, try making any one of the following comments around the break room at work, or even in the Sunday-school room at church:

Only Christians will go to heaven; everyone else is going to hell.