I am currently reading Rob Bell’s book “Love Wins” that is referred to in this article and will be writing and posting a critque of the book at a later date.
But suffice it to say at this point that Rob Bell’s book is not scripturally based AT ALL! He bases all his premises on apostate Christian writings and on non-Christian writings. He also goes further to use the non-Christian Pharisaical Jewish Oral teaching & later Rabbinical Jewish Teaching, that is does not suffice to read scripture in the literal ie just the words on the page to understand the passage. They believe that the white space in between the words is where God left room for the Priests and the Scribes to find the “deeper” meaning sof the passage.
However this idea was nothing more than a humanistic attempt to allow the Priests, Scribes and later the Rabbi’s and Jewish Sages to introduce their own non-Biblical opinions on what they think the passage says. And the purpose of this practice was so the Priests and scribes could gain an advantage and control over the lay persons who could not read the ancient Hebrew language.
Yet again Rob Bell’s book proves why man is not supposed to base his knowledge of God on his feelings or heart. In our heart none of us want to believe that anyone would actually go to hell. But it is not up to us and our feelings, it is up to what GOD SAYS IN HIS WORD. And it does say that many people will go to hell for eternity!
Jesus himself spoke not less than 18 times about Hell (Gehenna) and the word he uses describes it as a FINAL & eternal destination of those who reject Christ or are false Christians!
A new book is spurring debate over the traditional view of hell as a place of eternal torment for damned souls
When Chad Holtz lost his old belief in hell, he also lost his job.
The pastor of a rural United Methodist church in North Carolina wrote a note on his Facebook page supporting a new book by Rob Bell, a prominent young evangelical pastor and critic of the traditional view of hell as a place of eternal torment for billions of damned souls.
Two days later, Holtz was told complaints from church members prompted his dismissal from Marrow’s Chapel in Henderson.
“I think justice comes and judgment will happen, but I don’t think that means an eternity of torment,” Holtz said. “But I can understand why people in my church aren’t ready to leave that behind. It’s something I’m still grappling with myself.”
The debate over Bell’s new book “Love Wins” has quickly spread across the evangelical precincts of the Internet, in part because of an eye-catching promotional video posted on YouTube.
Bell, the pastor of the 10,000-member Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., lays out the premise of his book while the video cuts away to an artist’s hand mixing oil paints and pastels and applying them to a blank canvas.
He describes going to a Christian art show where one of the pieces featured a quote by Mohandas Gandhi. Someone attached a note saying: “Reality check: He’s in hell.” . . . .
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