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Love Wins: At the Heart of Life's Big Questions
by Rob Bell
Well I read it and I didn't explode in a sparkly puff of heresy!
A questioning look at heaven and hell. This book asks if a loving God is really going to throw the majority into hell.
He doesn't actually say anything or make any assumptions. It's a string of questions attached to bible verses and passages. I didn't agree with all of the things he seemed to be saying about heaven and hell but I don't think he did either. He was very open about how much we don't know.
The bible overwhelmingly talks about choices. The right choice and the wrong choice (in OT "choose life" and the gospels talk of those accepted or taken and those excluded with the wailing and gnashing of teeth and he doesn't give enough time on this. He also doesn't talk about why their is a desperate need to call people to repentance and if everyone gets into heaven anyway why are millions risking their lives to "save" people? Just so they too can suffer persecution?
He doesn't really go to far with that and seems uneasy about hell and I guess all of us christians are uneasy. I think he is guilty of simply opening a taboo dialogue and doesn't ever actually state a solid thought apart from the fact that Love Wins.
This book was heavily slated for daring to suggest you could go to heaven without christ. He suggests significantly that christ is how people get to heaven but they may not know that that way is Christ.
I disagree with lots of the subtle suggestions in this book but it has given me food for thought.
He's a slippery one in terms of pinning down what he actually thinks.
A questioning look at heaven and hell. This book asks if a loving God is really going to throw the majority into hell.
He doesn't actually say anything or make any assumptions. It's a string of questions attached to bible verses and passages. I didn't agree with all of the things he seemed to be saying about heaven and hell but I don't think he did either. He was very open about how much we don't know.
The bible overwhelmingly talks about choices. The right choice and the wrong choice (in OT "choose life" and the gospels talk of those accepted or taken and those excluded with the wailing and gnashing of teeth and he doesn't give enough time on this. He also doesn't talk about why their is a desperate need to call people to repentance and if everyone gets into heaven anyway why are millions risking their lives to "save" people? Just so they too can suffer persecution?
He doesn't really go to far with that and seems uneasy about hell and I guess all of us christians are uneasy. I think he is guilty of simply opening a taboo dialogue and doesn't ever actually state a solid thought apart from the fact that Love Wins.
This book was heavily slated for daring to suggest you could go to heaven without christ. He suggests significantly that christ is how people get to heaven but they may not know that that way is Christ.
I disagree with lots of the subtle suggestions in this book but it has given me food for thought.
He's a slippery one in terms of pinning down what he actually thinks.