Tuesday, May 31, 2011

A Quick Response to Rob Bell's Book "Love Wins"

This book deserves much thoughtful consideration and discussion.  I share Rob Bell's difficulty in imaging a god who lets circumstance and death hinder the reach of his redemptive love.  It is not clear to me whether Rob Bell is also a universalist.  Certainly evangelicals should not follow the trajectory of the old Universalist Church.  I tend to believe that some persons, unfortunately, are irrevocably wedded to their rebellion against god.  There is a danger that persons will presume on the possibility of a second chance for salvation after death.  We shouldn't even presume that we'll have a chance to accept God's love on the next day, let alone after death.  Rigid fundamentalists, of course, are not open to this discussion but I believe that their brand of fundamentalism is a heresy.

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