Post by itiswritten on Apr 20, 2011 15:15:49 GMT -5
If you haven't already heard about the recent book called "Love Wins" by Rob Bell, you will likely be hearing more about it. It seems that Bell's book is going to be this year's "Divinci Code." Bell is being called a heretic and false prophet by many within the system of Christianity.
www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/March/Pastors-Love-Wins-Book-Bad-for-Christianity/
I would like to read the book and see for myself exactly what his position is. However, even if Bell is wrong in his assessment of heaven and hell, does not mean Christianity at large is correct. Perhaps his book will cause some to actually take some time and do some of their own study regarding the afterlife.
Often when something like this comes out, many Christian leaders go into attack mode and begin to write books and put on seminars to counter the other information. I remember a lot of this after Dan Brown's Divince Code came out. Although I have no objection to anyone setting the record straight, in the case of Brown's book, the responses that I saw were often less than objective. Much of what Brown stated in the Divinci Code regarding the history of Christianity was correct, but I saw no acknowledgement by Christian leaders.
If Bell be a heretic or false prophet because he is wrong in what he teaches about the afterlife, he is only one among many. It may be that he is simply a heretic that finds himself outside of the overall system of heretical beliefs. Thoughts?
www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/March/Pastors-Love-Wins-Book-Bad-for-Christianity/
I would like to read the book and see for myself exactly what his position is. However, even if Bell is wrong in his assessment of heaven and hell, does not mean Christianity at large is correct. Perhaps his book will cause some to actually take some time and do some of their own study regarding the afterlife.
Often when something like this comes out, many Christian leaders go into attack mode and begin to write books and put on seminars to counter the other information. I remember a lot of this after Dan Brown's Divince Code came out. Although I have no objection to anyone setting the record straight, in the case of Brown's book, the responses that I saw were often less than objective. Much of what Brown stated in the Divinci Code regarding the history of Christianity was correct, but I saw no acknowledgement by Christian leaders.
If Bell be a heretic or false prophet because he is wrong in what he teaches about the afterlife, he is only one among many. It may be that he is simply a heretic that finds himself outside of the overall system of heretical beliefs. Thoughts?
