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Updated: Hell House Returns (Unfortunately)
Christianity & Religion
By Tim Bednar

October 24, 2003 -- In 1995, Keenan Roberts created a national phenomenon when he staged Hell House at Abundant Life Christian Center. Basically, folks paid $7 to be lead through the hallways of the church where they witnessed scenes (such as abortions) and culminated in a depiction of hell (complete with Limburger cheese substituting for sulfur). The clear message was that if you do these ghastly things, you will go to hell.

Last year Hell House was on hiatus, but the it returns this year as a morality play. Hell House will focus this year on their most controversial scenes that will send you to hell. Pastor of Destiny Church which is presenting the play at Vision Fellowship currently located inside a renovated strip mall, Keenan Roberts stated:

"We're going with a lot of the biggies," he said. Those include scenes of a gay wedding, a mother talking to her aborted child, a drug-filled rave party, kids dying in a drunken-driving accident, suicide and domestic abuse, as well as the destinations of hell and heaven."

I believe this method of 'shock-evangelism' is misguided and wrong....