Information about Fire And Brimstone

A single released by Dropkick Murphys in February 1997 on Cyclone Records. 900 on black vinyl and 100 on red vinyl.

Side A
1. "Never Alone" Ken Casey/Rick Barton
2. "Euro Trash" Mike McColgan/Ken Casey/Rick Barton
Side B
1. "Take It Or Leave It" Dropkick Murphys
2. "Front Seat" Mike McColgan/Rick Barton

Recorded and mixed by Ed Reamer

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Marc Orrell • Tim Brennan • James Lynch • Al Barr • Ken Casey • Matt Kelly • Scruffy Wallace
Past members: Mike McColgan • Rick Barton • Spicy McHaggis • Ryan Foltz • '''Jeff Erna
Discography
Full-lengths: Do or Die (1998) • The Gang's All Here (1999) • Sing Loud, Sing Proud! (2001) • Blackout (2003) • The Warrior's Code (2005) • The Meanest of Times (2007)
Live and compilation albums: The Early Years (1998) • The Singles Collection, Volume 1 (2000) • Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA (2002) • Singles Collection, Volume 2 (2005)
Singles/EPs: 1997: "Boys on the Docks", "Fire and Brimstone", "Tattoos and Scally Caps" • 1998: "Curse of Fallen Soul" • 2000: "Good Rats", "Live on a Five" • 2003: "Walk Away", "", "The Fields of Athenry", "Back to the Hub" • 2004: "Tessie" • 2005: ""
Split releases: Split with Ducky Boys (1996) • Split with Bruisers (1997) • Anti-Heroes vs Dropkick Murphys (1997) • Split with Oxymoron (1998) • Mob Mentality (1999) • Unity (1999) • This Is the East Coast (...Not L.A.) (2000) • Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys (2002) • One For The Ages (2004)
DVD/Film appearences
Vans Warped Tour 2003 (2003) • Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1 (2003) • On the Road with the Dropkick Murphys (2004) • Punk Rock Holocaust (2004) • Give 'Em the Boot (2005)
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Celtic punk • Irish music • Hellcat Records • The Outlets • The Bruisers • The Ducky Boys • Street Dogs

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Fire and brimstone is a pejorative term used to describe a motif in Christian preaching which uses vivid descriptions of judgment, and the damnation to Hell of sinners forever to encourage repentance out of fear of divine wrath and punishment.

The Puritan preacher Thomas Vincent (an eyewitness of the Great Fire of London) authored a book called "Fire and Brimstone in Hell", first published in 1670. In it he quotes from Psalm 11:6 "Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest, this shall be the portion of their cup."

Biblical references

Several Biblical passages use the image of burning brimstone (the ancient name for sulphur) to represent divine wrath. The King James translation often renders such imagery with the phrase "fire and brimstone". In Genesis 19, God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah via a rain of fire and brimstone, and in Deuteronomy 29, the Israelites are threatened with the same punishment should they abandon their covenant with God. Elsewhere, divine judgments involving fire and sulphur are prophesied against Assyria (Isaiah 30), Edom (Isaiah 34), Gog (Ezekiel 38), and all the wicked (Psalm 11).

Fire and brimstone frequently appear as agents of divine wrath throughout the Book of Revelation, culminating in chapters 19–21, wherein the devil and the ungodly are cast into a lake of fire and brimstone as an eternal punishment:

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20, KJV)

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:10, KJV)

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8, KJV)

There is disagreement over the interpretation. A common view is that they are supposed to show how sinfulness and rejection of God's love can result in serious problems. Others suggest that they represent an active inflicting of punishment by God. It is also suggested that they do not refer to anything; rather the image is intended to simply produce fear and so compel belief.

History

During the Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s, preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were referred to as "fire and brimstone preachers". Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" remains among the best-known sermons from this period; once when Edwards preached it, many in his audience burst out weeping; some reports indicate that other attendees cried out in anguish or even fainted. One member of Edwards' congregation, Joseph Hawley, slit his throat after listening to it.^[1]

Today, among the more conservative branches of Christianity; many Baptist, Pentecostal, Restoration Movement and Church of Christ preaching is still sometimes referred to as "fire and brimstone" in style. Some denominations, such as the Society of Friends (or Quakers) have few, if any, members who support such notions; in more recent times, the term "fire and brimstone" is used more often to stereotype radical preachers, though few preachers--even the radical ones--would label themselves that way.

See also

• Afterlife
• Christian demonology

References

External links

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
• The Straight Dope on Fire and Brimstone