Biola Magazine has a good interview with Ashish Naidu, assistant professor of theology at Biola’s Talbot School of Theology, on some of the recent challenges to the doctrine of hell.
Read more »By: Jason|26 March, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Hell . Liberalism . Rob Bell . universalism
We’ve given a lot of coverage to Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins this week, and though it’s starting to feel toxically oversaturated, the issues Bell’s book has brought up have justified the attention. Before we finally move on, here are some of the reviews of Love Wins from across the interwebs and beyond. Kevin DeYoung (Pastor at University Reformed…
Read more »By: Jason|23 March, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Doctrine of Hell . eternal punishment . Hell . Rob Bell . Russell Moore
With Rob Bell’s recent questioning of the Christian doctrine of hell, Russell Moore suggests two reasons why hell is forever: First, the revolt against God is more serious than we think it is. An insurrection against an infinitely worthy Creator is an infinitely heinous offense. We know something of this intuitively. This is why, in our human sentences of justice,…
Read more »By: Jason|22 March, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: eugene peterson . John Mark Reynolds . Rob Bell
John Mark Reynolds offers some wise words in response to remarks made by Eugene Peterson in defense of Rob Bell’s book.
Read more »By: Jason|19 March, 2011|Categories: About|Tags: journalism . Love Wins . Martin Bashir . Rob Bell
If you’ve seen the video of Rob Bell’s appearance on MSNBC with Martin Bashir then this may be of interest to you. The conversation is between Bashir and Paul Edwards but this time it is Bashir who is on the receiving end of the questions. He offers his thoughts about the Bell interview and his own impression of Love Wins. It’s…
Read more »By: Jason|16 March, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Hell . love of God . propitiation . Rob Bell . sin . wrath of God
Doug Wilson: “Rob Bell believes that hell is what we create when we reject God’s love. Amen. But I would want to add the absolutely critical proviso that this love of God (that is so rejected) must be defined as He defines it in the Bible, and not as we would wish it might be defined in our Big Rock…
Read more »Martin Bashir does a good job of asking the right questions and getting to the heart of the issue in the controversy about Bell’s new book Love Wins. The review that Bashir refers to is the excellent response written by Kevin DeYoung.
Read more »By: Jason|15 March, 2011|Categories: Books|Tags: doctrine of judgment . eternal punishment . Hell . Kevin DeYoung . Rob Bell . universalism
Even before its release, Rob Bell’s book Love Wins has been drawing controversy. In questioning many of the traditional Christian views of heaven, hell, and eternal punishment, the popular megachurch pastor seemed to be abandoning the doctrine of God’s judgment and advocating a brand of universalism. Now that the book has been published, several reviews and responses have became available.…
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