Rob Bell just released a new book a couple of weeks ago. It is all about Heaven and Hell. It takes some of the thought about both and examines them and then moves into some new territory for most. I don’t want to post a review here, or my thoughts about where Bell goes with the book because I don’t know that this is the best part of this book. Bell throws out the thought that though there is a hell there is also a possibility that there is no one in it. That God’s love wins totally and completely.
I don’t think that this is the strongest book Bell has written. And I am a Rob Bell fan. I loved Velvet Elvis and Sex God was a great book too. But I thought that this one fell short on writing style, but given the topic I am sure that it may have been harder and less seductive than say, Sex God. But, I have notices that there have been a ton more blogs and rants flaming Bell for his views on this. They blast him for the universalism that this text treads on.
My hope is that this book is not a time to take sides and throw verbal grenades at one another. But, that we are able to come together and use this a a jumping off point for conversation. Bell gets us away from the little red guy with a pitchfork images of hell and the heaven where we all just hangout in the clouds and play out harps. He paints a picture for many of a heaven worth wanting, a hell worth fearing and a God worth trusting.
Bell has asked the hard questions and taken a stab at answering them. He has given us something to work with. Lets use it for a platform of conversation and not as a foundation to draw up battle lines.
Get a copy and take a read for your self or borrow my kindle copy
