This blog concerns itself with issues related to the Church of the Nazarene and its colleges. I am blessed to have been around Nazarene circles for eighty years. I have taught at Nazarene colleges for over forty years. I love the church; however, since I do, I am allowed to have a lover's quarrel with it. I hope that I am humble enough to realize my limitations and to be eager to hear varying and opposing viewpoints from my own.
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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