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According to the Bible, there is a Hell


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Some of the pasos from back then
are still carried today.
 Female spectators dress in
mourning, wearing black dresses
with a lace Scarf, or mantilla,
held by a comb made of shell.
Some lay Caitholic associations
started allowing women to march
in recent years, but legend has it
that women have always secretly
donned the face-covering habits
with pointed hoods and marched
as penitents, or Nazarenos (the
outfit was appropriated by the
Ku K~lux Klan). This year, the
archbishop of Seville decreed that
women must be allowed to par-
ticipate, including carrying the
massive floats.
 Only God is supposed to know
the identifyr of a Nazareno. A jar-
ring sight is to watch the hooded
penitents scurrying around town,
rushing to their parishes before
the marches begin.
 Nowadays, many parents
 enlist their children in the broth-
 erhoods at a very young age
 because it takes years to move up
 the ranks and earn a prestigious
 spot in a procession, such as the
Coveted position of carrying a
great cross at the head. Most
processions are at night, and the
Nazarenos carry long candles
to light the way from their par-
ish church to the cathedral and
back again, an arduous journey
that can take over 12 hours.
SSome walk barefoot or even with
Shackles. In some of the biggest
processions, a group of Roman
soldiers follows.
 The Nazarenos are followed
by altar boys, some carrying
incense. Then comes the main
attraction, the pasos, decorated
with flowers and candles. They
are carried by costaleros, named
for the sack-cloth they wear.
Anywhere from two dozen to sev-
eral dozen costaleros will cary
the paso, and will set it down and
raise it back up again periodically
(their toil can draw applause from
appreciative crowds).


RON DePASQUALE
Associated Press
 SEVILLE, Spain
 s incense and candles
 burn, trumpets blare
 and drums beat, peni-
 tents covered in color-
 Aful tunics and conical
hoods march slowly through the
night toward the cathedral. Life-
size statues of Jesus and Mary
are carried by porters hidden
beneath floats, making the sever-
al-ton structures appear to hover
through the air.
 The ritual plays out every year
during Holy Week, or Semana
Santa, part of an plaster tradition
celebrated throughout Spain. In
the southern region of Andalusia,
cities spend all year planning for
the spectacle. Seville, the regional
capital, hosts some of the big-
gest processions, dating back to
medieval times and organized by
brotherhoods, or cofradias, each
sporting their own colors.
 For tourists here to see the
Easter spectacle, Seville offers
plenty of other thirigs to do as
well with its soaring cathedral,
Real Alcazar fortressss, bullfight-
ing ring, flamenco clubs, tapas
bars and art galleries. Seville is
also a convenient base for exrplor-
ing Andalusia, making it easy to
hop from city to city while see-
ing some of the best parades set
against some of its most beautiful
historic places. Cordoba, with itS
tangled warren of narrow streets
:idi r~ich C.,tholic, Itlamic and
Jewish history, is only about 45
minutes away. Within a two-to-
three hour trip are Cadiz, one of
Europe's oldest cities; Granada,
home of the breathtaking .
Alhambra fortress; and Malaga,
where` the Semana Santa floats
are bigger and are accompanied
by more exuberant music and
applause. Each city could merit
an overnight stay.
 Andalusia is flooded with tour-
ists during Holy Week, so hotels


 Angie Land
 angieland3@windstream.net


 Disaiphne.


 to help,

 not hurt

 come to
 mind at the
 thought of
 W hatimagediscipline?
 Perhaps you have memo
 ries of "meetings" with
 your dad behind the wood-
 shed, or strict teachers dol-
 ing out smacks on the hand
 with a ruler, or seenungly
 endless weekends with no
 car keys.
 No doubt our memo-
 ries are all different ...
 but I wonder if we have


 discipline, some from my
 childhood, and some I have
 experienced as an adult, I
 still feel a sense of humil-
 ity and even embarrass-
 mn I amcnicd th s
 i eaus evnneth gh is
 Ilth. ie disc hu de Lr
 tie, there wa~s no doubt
 that I deserved it. If this
 rings a bell with you, I have
 good news.
 In Hebrews 12:5-7, The
 :Message Bible has this to
 .say:
 "So don't feel sorry for
 yourselves. Or have you ..
 'forgotten how good parents
 treat children, ared~ that
 God treats you as his chil-
 dren? My dear child, don't
 shrug off God's discipline,
 but don't be crushed by
 :::h eihr ts he h e
 the child he embraces, he
 also corrects. God is edu-
 cating you; thats why you
 must never drop out. He's
 treating you as dear chil-
 dren. The trouble you're in
 isn't punishment; it's train~-
 ing; the normal experience
 `of children. Only irrespon-
 sible parents leave children
 to fend for themselves."
 These verses presuppose
 that every child requires
 discipline, and notice how
 clal mear rm n e ,,

 parents who discipline their
 children; those who refuse
 to undertake this responsi-
 bility are, in fact, irrespon-
 sible. The fact is, when we
 are disciplined, it is proof
 that we are loved.
 So not only can we apply
 this easily to our task as
 parents, it also should influ-
 ence our perspective on
 struggles that we face as
 adults. "The trouble you're
 in isn't punishment; it's

 trinn."Prhp instea'dn

Might be: "W7hat am I to
 learn from this trouble?"
 The payoff from our
 training is explained a few
 verses later in Hebrews

 "At the time discipline
 isn't much fun. It always
 feels like it's going against
 the grain. Later, of course,
 it pays off handsomely, for
 it's the well-trained who
 find themselves mature
 in their relationship with
 God."
 Did you recognize it?
 The payoff that comes only
 through discipline is matu-
 rity: being well-trained to
 make good decisions that
 will lead to fulfilling rela-
 tionships with others, and
 with our Father in heaven.

 a Heart Matters is written by
 Angie Land, Director of the
 Family Life Ministries of the
 Lafayette Baptist Association.


 ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this April, 2010 photo, penitent women are wearing mantilla scarves over
peinetas during Holy Week in Grariada, Spain. Some women in Andalusla
wear traditional black dress and walk between the floats in the Sema-na
Santa, or Holy Week, parades.


can be expensive and must be
booked in advance of Easter
(April 24 this year). If you can't
make it for Semana Santa, don't
worry, festivals take place here
year-round. If you don't visit
around Easter, the images carried
in the processions, called pasos,
can be viewed in their home
churches.


intersection with Lowe
Lake Road in Wellborn.
Call 386-963-2231 with any
questions or visit www.t
wellbornba~ptist.com .

TlurSday, April 14

Baptds Men's Meetng
 The men of Wellborn
Baptist Church and their
friends join togeheer t

with a special speaker
and music at 6 p.m. April
14. You are invited to
come and bring a dessert.
The church is located on
Highway 90 West between
Live Oak and Lake City at
the intersection with Lowe
Lake Road in Wellborn, Fl.
Call 386-963-2231 with any
questions or visit wwwl.
wellbornbaptist. com


Methodist Church pres-
ents The Bad Girl's of the
Bible 6 p.m. today. Dinner
is 5 p.m. Donations are
accepted. Call 386-497-
2935.

Sunday
Musical performance
 Hope Street Singing
 Goup s foiG sat
Fort White at 11 a.m;
Sunday. The church is
located at 339 SW Bryant
Ave.

Frid y
Revival services
 The Rev. Billy Jolley
is in revival 7 p.m. April
8-9 and 10:30 a.m. and


6 p.m. April 10 at Lake.
City Church of God. The
church is located at 173
SE Erminae Ave., the cor-
ner of SE Duval Street.

Sunday, April 10
Men's program
 The Sons of Allen
Program is 3 p.m. April 10
 a n on AbM.E. ehurchh.

Rev. Charles Young, Mt.
Zion A.M.E. Church pas-
tor. The church is located
at 357 NW Queen Road.

Revival meetings
 A week of revival meet-
ings begin 11 a.m. afid 6
p~m. April 10 and 7 p.m.
April 11-15 at Cornerstone
.Baptist Church in Fort


White. The church is
located on the corner of
state road 47 and county
road 138. Guest speak-
ers and special music will
participate in the services
each night. A supper is
served 6 to 6:45 p.m. and
nursery will be available
for birth to ~first grade
children.

Tuesday, April 12
Senior Luncheon
 A senior luncheon with
a special speaker and
music is 11 a.m. April
12~ at Wellborn Baptist
Church. Everyone is invit-
ed to come and bring a
covered dish. The church
is located on Highway
90 West between Live
Oak and Lake City at the


 few weeks ago a
 Methodist pastor in
 North Carolina lost
 his church because
 Ahe agreed with
Rob Bell, author of the book
"Love Wins". Bell, the pastor of
a 10,000-member church, has
determined that the Bible does
not teach that there is a Hell.
 It would be great if it was true,
but it is not true according to
the Bible, God's own Word. We
must remember that Satan has
not changed his plan in all the
millenniums since the "Garden
of Eden". In Genesis 2:15-17 God
told Adam he could eat of every
tree in the garden except the
Tree of Knowledge of Good and
Evil, for the day you eat of it you
will die (spiritually).
 Then in the 3rd chapter Eve
was in the garden and the serpent
(Satan) raises this question to
Eve: "Has God indeed said you


if not, their blood will be on
our hands. We must preach it
because it is the clear revelation
of Scripture and because the
modern pulpit is almost com-
pletely silent on the subject.
 The Bible clearly teaches a
place called by various names
where the wicked and the unre-
pentant and the Christ rejecting
will spend eternity. It is called
"the Lake of Fire", "the Second
Death", "the Place of Outer
Darkness prepared for the Devil
and his Angels", and other high-
ly descriptive names that sum
up the word Hell. There is only
one way to avoid this terrible
place and that is through the
shed blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
 Accept Him today.
 (To be continued next week)
 SHugh Sherrill is a preacher in
 Lake City available for pulpit supply
 and revivals.


word itself appears in the New
Testament about 12 times by
his count." My question is: How
many times does it have to appear
before it is' real?
 A preacher of the gospel has
no choice but to preach and
teach that there is a Hell. He is
under constraint to preach the
full council of God's Word. The
dire warning of Ezekiel 3:17-
18 should ring in the ears of
everyone: "Son of man, I have
made you a watchman for the
house of Israel; therefore hear a
word from My mouth, and give
them warning from Me: When
I say to the wicked, 'You shall
surely die,' and you give him no
warning, nor speak to warn the
wicked from his wicked way, to
save his life, that same wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood I will require at your
hand."
 We must warn the unsaved,


BIBLE STUDY


Hugh Sherrill Jr.
ems-hugh43@comcost.net


shall surely not eat of every tree
of this garden?" All Satan did was
raise the question, causing doubt
to enter in, and that's what he is
doing today. He is causing people
to question the virgin birth, the
death on the cross for our sins,
the resurrection, the security of
Our salvation, the judgments that
are to come, and if there is a Hell.
 Bell says, "Hell has assumed an
outsize importance in Christian
teaching. Considering the ,


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Nighttime parades an Easter tradition


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THE SEMANA SANTA
TRADITION
 Each wooden or plaster paso is
a distinct depiction of the $assion
or a gnievmng Mary, and some
are centuries-old artistic master-
pieces. They are tended to by the
cofradias, many of which formed
back in the 1500s and 1600s.


Today
Gospel concert
 "Brian Free and
Assurance," a Southern
gospel group, is performing
at 6 p.m. today at Wellborn
Baptist Church. This group
of men have been spread-
ing the message of Jesus
Christ through their music.

Hgh a 9 Wes dtwoenn
Lve Oak a Lake Cit wte
te ine scon wihLw
lake Road in Wellborn. A
love offering for the group
will be received. Visit www.

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tions.

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