Rob Bell and a New American Christianity (Musing about the non-existence of Hell)

Ministry Matters ^ | 11/15/2012 | By James K. Wellman, Jr.

[polkajello]

Bell is a buffoon. Even Martin Bashear tore him a new one.

[driftdiver]

So he’s got a better version that only he knows.

He’s a heretic and a false teacher.

[KC_Lion]

Fool!

[pollywog]

He is most definitely teaching FALSE doctrine.
Sadly , at one point he was a Evangelical Conservative...really goes to show how satan can deceive!!

[captmar-vell]

2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; . . “

[driftdiver]

You cannot trust someone just because they are a pastor, priest or minister. I had a pastor once tell me that very high percentage of pastors didn’t believe the bible was 100% true, that Jesus wasn’t really the son of God, and that he isn’t the living God.

[RitaOK]

Satan is loose and increasing. Be thankful to God when you recognize, by His grace, the instruments and the works of the Enemy.

It is no longer simple politics we in America are suffering, but spiritual warfare. It is time to get ourselves ready, stay ready and be able to stand, as we set ourselves to endure.

VIVA CHRISTO REY!

[SoFloFreeper]

The face of American Christianity is in transition, and Rob Bell, with his evolving look and artistry, has opened a window on this hybrid horizon. Known to many for his Nooma films, a series of twenty-four twelve-minute sermons and his controversial 2011 book, titled Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, his person and work provoke visceral reactions that range from adoration to repulsion, while raising profound questions. In 2011 he was named to the Time 100 list—the 100 most influential people in the world. That same year, Bell left Mars Hill, the megachurch he founded in 1999, to pursue broader opportunities in Hollywood to, as he explained, “Compellingly share the gospel.”

Uh, he is drifting from orthodoxy. He may very well be teaching heresy.

Universalism, the idea that all men go to heaven, is not biblical. God's justice is erased and his mercy is denigrated by such a philosophy.

[rawcatslyentist]

Musing???

He must have a reading comprehension problem.

[pollywog]

You cannot trust someone just because they are a pastor, priest or minister. I had a pastor once tell me that very high percentage of pastors didn’t believe the bible was 100% true, that Jesus wasn’t really the son of God, and that he isn’t the living God.

You are so right!! If what they are saying behind the pulpit doesn't square away with God's Word, walk, no RUN away FAST!!!

[AnalogReigns]

Is Bell’s work and person catalyzing a new kind of American Christianity?

No.

Bell, McLaren and the rest of the self-named "Emergents" are to post-modernism, what liberal mainline Christianity is to modernism--accommodation and compromise to contemporary people's secular beliefs, in an effort to reach them.

Problem is, if you're not certain what the Gospel really is, you'll accommodate and compromise on that to make it more palatable. Then you end up with Churches made up of folks not really surrendered to Christ and His Word--led by men (and women) not really surrendered to Christ and His Word.

Such fellowships may be big...but, "Ichabod."

[SkyPilot]

In the Gospels, Christ speaks more often of Hell than He does of Heaven. Christ is warning mankind of its fate without Him.

[Gay State Conservative]

I suspect that Ted Kennedy was a trailblazer in living,and preaching,this “new” American “Christianity”.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

A professor of theology I once knew said that the trajectory of Protestantism historically is toward unitarianism and universalism. He didn’t approve of it. It was just an observation that I think has some truth to it.

[danielmryan]

"exclusivistic" Well, that's a new one. Seems time that we hear "complaineristic," for someone whose life revolves around complaining.

Not likely to happen, though. The system of modern government was set up to be complaint-driven, so the most obvious way to grow it is to come up with more complaints and complainers.

[thecodont]

In 2011 he was named to the Time 100 list—the 100 most influential people in the world.

And who is the Prince of this world?