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‘Bell fights every impulse in our culture to domesticate Jesus [and] challenges the reader to be open to surprise, mystery and all of the unanswerables… Bell has given theologically suspicious Christians new courage to bet their life on Jesus Christ.’ (Christian Century)
‘Claiming that some versions of Jesus should be rejected, particularly those used to intimidate and inspire fear or hatred, Bell persuasively interprets the Bible as a message of love and redemption. . . . His style is characteristically concise and oral, his tone passionate and unabashedly positive.’ (Publishers Weekly)
‘One of the nation’s rock-star-popular young pastors, Rob Bell, has stuck a pitchfork in how Christians talk about damnation.’ (USA Today)
‘In Love Wins, Rob Bell tackles the old heaven-and-hell question and offers a courageous alternative answer. Thousands of readers will find freedom and hope and a new way of understanding the biblical story – from beginning to end.’ (Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and Naked Spirituality)
‘A bold, prophetic and poetic masterpiece. I don’t know any writer who expresses the inexpressible love of God as powerfully and as beautifully as Rob Bell! No one who seriously engages this book will put it down unchanged. A must read book!’ (Greg Boyd, senior pastor at Woodland Hills Church and author of The Myth of a Christian Nation)
‘It isn’t easy to develop a biblical imagination that takes in the comprehensive and eternal work of Christ . . . Rob Bell goes a long way in helping us acquire just such an imagination–without a trace of soft sentimentality and without compromising an inch of evangelical conviction.’ (Eugene H. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, and author of The Message and The Pastor)
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For anyone who wants to delve deeper into Rob Bell’s bestselling Love Wins, the expansive and accessible Love Wins Companion offers scholarly support and critiques, resources for individuals, groups, and classes, and brand new material by Rob Bell himself.
As Love Wins continues to become a touchstone for thousands of readers worldwide, controversy surrounds the book’s arguments. Here, in The Love Wins Companion, Rob Bell offers commentary on the positive and negative attention his groundbreaking book is receiving, delivering a crucial supplement to one of the most important books Christian books today.
• For those looking to go deeper with Rob Bell’s bestselling pioneering book Love Wins, this companion offers:
• Insights and commentary by theologians, Bible scholars, scientists, and pastors
• Deep analysis of all relevant Bible passages on heaven, hell, and salvation
• Detailed chapter summaries, discussion questions, and Bible studies for individuals, groups, and classes
• Excerpts from works throughout Christian history illustrating the variety of teachers also debating the issues Bell wrestles with
• New material by Bell on his mission for the book and how people can take the next step
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fascinating book that follows up from Bell's recent book 'Love Wins'. But why do we need a 'Love Wins' companion?
I'd suggest there are three good reasons for this book:
1. The book is really about helping people think through the issues regarding heaven and hell. Rob Bell is well known for asking a lot of questions. Anyone who has seen his Nooma (from a phonetic spelling of the Greek word pneuma meaning "wind," "spirit," or "breath") videos knows he is constantly asking us to think through different issues related to Christianity - who is God? who was Jesus? what is the gospel? - and there is a great interview with Rob Bell near the end of the book in which he is asked "are you ever going to run out of questions?" to which he replied "what do you think?"
Being able to ask questions and think about issues is fundamental to a credible Christian faith. I've read reviews of `Love Wins' which say God doesn't want us to ask questions, and it is being disrespectful to God to try to question what God does. This seems a very self-deceptive faith that does more harm than good. Part of this book is actually about how important it is to be able to ask God questions and use the minds we have been given.
2. There are many voices in this book. Rob Bell doesn't want to be the centre of attention here, he is pointing out that what he is saying has actually been said many times before over the centuries, so why not let some other Christian voices be heard? I loved the thought from William Barclay that God as King and Judge can justly condemn people to punishment for doing wrong, but God as Father can never let that be the end of the story. A father who destroys their child or punishes them for all eternity is no father, God as Father means he will gather all his children in eventually - in the parables, no coin or sheep or son remains lost.
3. Changing our way of thinking is actually very difficult. Try to think of examples where you once believed one thing, and now believe something else. The process of trying to work through seeing things from a different point of view actually takes a lot of time. The Greek word for repentance, `metanoia' means literally `changing one's mind' - so when the Bible uses this word it is as much about thinking differently than feeling remorse. Falling in step with God means thinking differently, changing our perspective, and if God is really serious about saving the world - as the Bible repeatedly says - and not just saving a few religious zealots, that has huge implications we need to work through. This is really a new reformation in our understanding of God and we have only just started to step into what it all means. Books like this help to keep us thinking in this new way, help us to meditate on what this new understanding of God is all about. We need to live with this truth to really start to grasp its implications.
So if you've read `Love Wins' this is a great follow-up read. If you haven't, I think it stands on its own merits, it is a much more interactive, polyphonic and synergistic book than its predecessor and is above all full of good news.
I'd suggest there are three good reasons for this book:
1. The book is really about helping people think through the issues regarding heaven and hell. Rob Bell is well known for asking a lot of questions. Anyone who has seen his Nooma (from a phonetic spelling of the Greek word pneuma meaning "wind," "spirit," or "breath") videos knows he is constantly asking us to think through different issues related to Christianity - who is God? who was Jesus? what is the gospel? - and there is a great interview with Rob Bell near the end of the book in which he is asked "are you ever going to run out of questions?" to which he replied "what do you think?"
Being able to ask questions and think about issues is fundamental to a credible Christian faith. I've read reviews of `Love Wins' which say God doesn't want us to ask questions, and it is being disrespectful to God to try to question what God does. This seems a very self-deceptive faith that does more harm than good. Part of this book is actually about how important it is to be able to ask God questions and use the minds we have been given.
2. There are many voices in this book. Rob Bell doesn't want to be the centre of attention here, he is pointing out that what he is saying has actually been said many times before over the centuries, so why not let some other Christian voices be heard? I loved the thought from William Barclay that God as King and Judge can justly condemn people to punishment for doing wrong, but God as Father can never let that be the end of the story. A father who destroys their child or punishes them for all eternity is no father, God as Father means he will gather all his children in eventually - in the parables, no coin or sheep or son remains lost.
3. Changing our way of thinking is actually very difficult. Try to think of examples where you once believed one thing, and now believe something else. The process of trying to work through seeing things from a different point of view actually takes a lot of time. The Greek word for repentance, `metanoia' means literally `changing one's mind' - so when the Bible uses this word it is as much about thinking differently than feeling remorse. Falling in step with God means thinking differently, changing our perspective, and if God is really serious about saving the world - as the Bible repeatedly says - and not just saving a few religious zealots, that has huge implications we need to work through. This is really a new reformation in our understanding of God and we have only just started to step into what it all means. Books like this help to keep us thinking in this new way, help us to meditate on what this new understanding of God is all about. We need to live with this truth to really start to grasp its implications.
So if you've read `Love Wins' this is a great follow-up read. If you haven't, I think it stands on its own merits, it is a much more interactive, polyphonic and synergistic book than its predecessor and is above all full of good news.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you enjoyed Love Wins you will enjoy this book.
Most of the articles are not written by Rob Bell but cover the same subjects he covered in Love Wins.
Rob Bell has never taught Universalism. I'm not sure if this term is misunderstood or people are not reading his book.
Anyway I thought it was fantastic. I'm confident I'm not going to burn in hell!
Most of the articles are not written by Rob Bell but cover the same subjects he covered in Love Wins.
Rob Bell has never taught Universalism. I'm not sure if this term is misunderstood or people are not reading his book.
Anyway I thought it was fantastic. I'm confident I'm not going to burn in hell!
2 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Christ warned us that when we saw the signs of the times coming upon us then we should lift up our heads, for our redemption is near. One of the major signs He warned of was the emergence of false prophets and false teachers. Paul also warns us that "doctrines of demons" will be prevelent in the Last Days.
Rob Bell's theology is typical of the Emerging Church movement which is taking the US by storm these days. He may be a "Rock star" with this movement but when weighed in the balances of the sanctuary he is found wanting.
As you will have gathered, I am a Conservative Christian with a HIGH VIEW OF SCRIPTURE."Love wins" denies the Gospel once delivered to the saints. If all people who've ever lived go to Heaven, then Christ teachings and substitutionary death were in vain. For what HE preached was that there is a Heaven to win and a hell to shun. I am amazed that the crystal clear teachings of Scripture can be denied & twisted as the Emerging Church does. EG "If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." + "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." (NIV)
Paul tells us that if anyone brings ANOTHER GOSPEL then they are anathema. Read this stuff at your peril. Unfortunately, these days resemble those of first century Athens when all that men wanted to hear was, "Some new thing". The Gospel doesn't need to be repackaged, reformatted or made trendy for modern man. It just needs to be preached faithfully--which is NOT what you will find within these pages. If you "want to go deeper" then turn to the Word of God. Otherwise you may find yourself plunged deeper into the ever-worsening apostasy of the End Times
Rob Bell's theology is typical of the Emerging Church movement which is taking the US by storm these days. He may be a "Rock star" with this movement but when weighed in the balances of the sanctuary he is found wanting.
As you will have gathered, I am a Conservative Christian with a HIGH VIEW OF SCRIPTURE."Love wins" denies the Gospel once delivered to the saints. If all people who've ever lived go to Heaven, then Christ teachings and substitutionary death were in vain. For what HE preached was that there is a Heaven to win and a hell to shun. I am amazed that the crystal clear teachings of Scripture can be denied & twisted as the Emerging Church does. EG "If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." + "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." (NIV)
Paul tells us that if anyone brings ANOTHER GOSPEL then they are anathema. Read this stuff at your peril. Unfortunately, these days resemble those of first century Athens when all that men wanted to hear was, "Some new thing". The Gospel doesn't need to be repackaged, reformatted or made trendy for modern man. It just needs to be preached faithfully--which is NOT what you will find within these pages. If you "want to go deeper" then turn to the Word of God. Otherwise you may find yourself plunged deeper into the ever-worsening apostasy of the End Times
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