Tag: Rob Bell

  • The American Christian Industrial Complex

    In the past two weeks we’ve witnessed yet another key influencer in the evangelical movement “give up” and move on. This one is Joshua Harris of I Kissed Dating Goodby fame (or infamy, as you will). There are two key discussions worth your listen.

  • Was Jesus Controversial?

    This article makes the argument that while Jesus was controversial, he wasn’t really controversial for the sake of being a stand out due to a conflict. He stood for truth, which would cause controversy no matter where he went.  Here is the really interesting part: when truth comes in, no group of people at any time is left unscathed. As others…

  • Rob Bell just…

    … Actually, I have no comment… and honestly no care. I just needed some blog hits today and having Rob Bell in the tag really helps. Friends, there are just so many more things that are far more worthy of our spiritual attention and prayer. Rob Bell makes me yawn.  

  • Rob Bell, Pastoring, and Not Pastoring

    Rob Bell is leaving his church to get out to a wider audience. Rick Warren’s Twitter (or Tweet or whatever you’re supposed to call it) is interesting.

  • How Can Life Go On?

    With Facebook changing and Rob Bell leaving his church, how can life POSSIBLY go on? What in the world could possibly be more important than those two things?

  • Hell is Still Selling

    Introducing in this corner Francis Chan with his latest entry into the foray and fallout from Rob Bell’s book. I do not think having these conversations is wrong, but if I were conducting these interviews (be it Rob Bell or Francis Chan or Mark Galli or whoever is next out with a book), I dream it would go something like…

  • And In This Corner… The First Published Volley Taking on Rob Bell’s View

    Hell sells. Rob Bell. Now Mark Galli. Francis Chan is on their heels. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

  • More on Universalism, Hell, etc.

    Dr. Gordon Anderson is president of North Central University where I teach as an adjunct.

  • And the Hits Just Keep on Coming

    I am not opposed to the conversations Rob Bell has generated by his book Love Wins. We need to have these discussions, though I don’t think they are going particularly well. We just have our problems with the concept of hell and wanting to wish it away. (A notion I’m not opposed to myself. But, alas, it is simply a notion…

  • We Know That Hell Sells

    First Rob Bell, who hit number 2 on the New York Times list. Now, Francis Chan.