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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
C. S. Lewis-
Type reasoning--loose but fun.
I mostly agree.
Type reasoning--loose but fun.
I mostly agree.
This is the first chance I've had to sit and write a review for this... and even if I have to keep it brief, I wanted to just get some thoughts down.
"Love Wins" was the most refreshing book I've read in a while.
If you have any questions at all about Heaven or Hell, Rob Bell does a great job clearing up some notions about both as well as clarify the concept. He presents both Heaven and Hell in a new light, using scriptural backing to strengthen his concept.
My biggest takeaway from the book? Heaven and Hell are already here, before we die, and it is up to each one of us which one we live in. We have that choice, both before and after we die.
Read this book. I don't think you'll regret it.
"Love Wins" was the most refreshing book I've read in a while.
If you have any questions at all about Heaven or Hell, Rob Bell does a great job clearing up some notions about both as well as clarify the concept. He presents both Heaven and Hell in a new light, using scriptural backing to strengthen his concept.
My biggest takeaway from the book? Heaven and Hell are already here, before we die, and it is up to each one of us which one we live in. We have that choice, both before and after we die.
Read this book. I don't think you'll regret it.
informative
medium-paced
I appreciated Bell's candor and openness in discussion of some seemingly difficult topics. It was also great to know that I'm not the only one out there that has some of these thoughts.
“Love Wins” came out 5 years ago right when I finished college. I was one of the people who, not having read the book, made it my proud habit to bring it up and decry it at any and every given opportunity. Now, 5 years later, God has grown me up a little bit; so, when I saw the book at the library out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was only right that I give the book the fair chance it was never given. And it blew me away. 5-years-ago me would have been surprised that everything I loved about C.S. Lewis’s “The Great Divorce” and N.T. Wright’s “Surprised by Hope” is basically in this book … except that where C.S. Lewis totally leaves out any references to Scripture, Rob Bell actually engages Scripture head-on. And current me had my mind challenged, my heart inspired, and my soul thrilled. In “Love Wins,” Rob Bell honestly looks at Scripture, experience of life on this earth, and God’s activity therein regarding the topics of God’s love, Heaven, and Hell … and he then simply asks questions and comes to conclusions, just like all of us do. This, of course, is contrary to what I believed: that Rob Bell was a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” leading the world astray. So, I repent of earlier pride and, quite humbled (and inspired), say this is a provocative, hope-inducing, and quick read about the love of God, Heaven, and Hell.
If you read it with an unbiased lense then he doesn't say anything new he just communicates it more clearly and consicely than others did in the past. It was a good book, but certainly not worth the controversy that errupted over it. Rather than answering questions he asked a lot of them and perhaps that is what frustrated the more conservative crowd.
well, this was a bit disappointing. i thought that, with bell's premise that perhaps there is no hell, he would have a more open approach to non-christians and talk more about inclusiveness. while he did have some interesting points, it was still mostly preachy about jesus.
I just had to see what all the fuss was about. He makes a couple of good points and I like the way frames his questions.
I’ve listened to several of Bells lectures and have been so moved by his words but this book just fell so flat. I felt myself getting irritated by his blanket statements their lack of insight.
However I do appreciate his perspectives and how he challenges the notion of the Gospel being a “entrance ticket into heaven” (which is so pervasive in Evangelical Christianity) and instead is an invitation for us receive and accept the love that God already has for EVERYONE ONE AND ALL OF CREATION.
Idk - props to him for trying to write an easily accessible book about heaven and hell…I doubt I’d do much better!
Alright that’s enough from me meowwwww
However I do appreciate his perspectives and how he challenges the notion of the Gospel being a “entrance ticket into heaven” (which is so pervasive in Evangelical Christianity) and instead is an invitation for us receive and accept the love that God already has for EVERYONE ONE AND ALL OF CREATION.
Idk - props to him for trying to write an easily accessible book about heaven and hell…I doubt I’d do much better!
Alright that’s enough from me meowwwww
This one took me a while to finish. I ended up getting it on audio because his writing style is very auditory.It was much easier to follow listening to it rather than reading it. While I enjoyed and agreed with the expansion of preconceived ideas about heaven and hell; there were times it was difficult to follow.