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Review of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”: Mind on heaven so they are no earthly good

Posted on April 29, 2011 by PaulVK

There is a stereotype surrounding the idea that religious people who fix their hope on heaven are of no earthly good to the world today. You hear this a lot. It is intimated a number of time in Rob Bell’s … Continue reading →

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Review of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”: The Jeopardy of God

Posted on April 29, 2011 by PaulVK

“Let’s be very clear, then: we do not need to be rescued from God. God is the one who rescues us from death, sin and destruction. God is the rescuer.” Kindle Loc. 2196 I touched on some of this in … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell “Love Wins” Chapter 4 Review, Good Friday Edition

Posted on April 22, 2011 by PaulVK

Does God Get What He Wants? I haven’t written another chapter review from Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” for a while but today is probably as appropriate a day to answer the question posed by the title of chapter 4. “Does … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” Review, Chapter 3c. Jesus’ Social Revolution

Posted on April 12, 2011 by PaulVK

Jesus’ Egalitarian Social Revolution Part of my project is to figure out what the Gospel is to Rob Bell as related in this work. Besides the “love of God” goal of the previous posting this chapter has another key identifying … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” Review, Chapter 3b: The Love of God

Posted on April 4, 2011 by PaulVK

A large part of the Rob Bell discussion on the Internet has focused on labels. Is Bell a universalist? Is Bell an evangelical? Is Bell orthodox? I’ll hazard my own label for Bell, he’s part of the emergent church movement … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”, Review, Pt. 3, Chapter on Hell, part 1

Posted on March 31, 2011 by PaulVK

In JI Packer’s piece “Still Surprised by Lewis” he finds the secret to CS Lewis’ contribution to be his blend of logic and imagination. In processing Bell’s third chapter on Hell, I find the Bell trying to follow Lewis’ imagination … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell’s Love Wins Review, Pt. 2

Posted on March 29, 2011 by PaulVK

At the invitation of a colleague I watched some of an extended Rob Bell interview. It was helpful in that it gave me a fuller sense of the man’s style which I think helps me read his voice into the … Continue reading →

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Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” Review, Pt 1

Posted on March 26, 2011 by PaulVK

I recently wrote the post “Should I buy Rob Bell’s book” after reading the Amazon sample. Part of me expected the discussions to die down. They haven’t yet. Bell’s book obviously hit a cultural nerve. You can criticize Bell for … Continue reading →

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