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A review by thewesmolebash
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell
5.0
The first time I read this book (back when it first came out 8 or 9 years ago), I read it through the lens of "this guy is a nut job!" I was more interested in pointing out things I disagreed with rather than reading the book with an open mind to a "new" idea (new to me, at least).
Now, after several years of spiritual growth and having read many more books on Christian theology, I realize that LOVE WINS is really not that shocking of a book. It's a rather gentle introduction to the doctrine of Christian universalism, and there are a lot more references to scripture than I remembered from my first read-through. It's certainly not a scholarly treatise on the subject, but I don't think Rob Bell intends it to be.
I've been told there are better books written on these matters (one being Gregory MacDonald's THE EVANGELICAL UNIVERSALIST which is on my "to-read" list), but — if you're intrigued by the idea of Christian universalism — LOVE WINS is an easy read that hits the main concepts.
Now, after several years of spiritual growth and having read many more books on Christian theology, I realize that LOVE WINS is really not that shocking of a book. It's a rather gentle introduction to the doctrine of Christian universalism, and there are a lot more references to scripture than I remembered from my first read-through. It's certainly not a scholarly treatise on the subject, but I don't think Rob Bell intends it to be.
I've been told there are better books written on these matters (one being Gregory MacDonald's THE EVANGELICAL UNIVERSALIST which is on my "to-read" list), but — if you're intrigued by the idea of Christian universalism — LOVE WINS is an easy read that hits the main concepts.