Rob Bell

Hello, Rob Bell - The Interview

Skye Jethani | Posted 05.01.2012

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Skye Jethani

"Let the Spirit do what the Spirit will. And while you're at it, relinquish the need to label everything "Christian" or "not Christian." Be a Christian. People can figure the rest out. It's a noun, after all.

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Christians Should Be More Than "Gay Okay"

Christian Piatt | Posted 11.29.2011

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Christian Piatt

To say that something like sexual orientation, race, economic status, gender are not issues to us is to speak from a position of privilege.

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Rob Bell, Megachurch Pastor, Seeks Life Beyond The Pulpit

Posted 11.23.2011

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By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service (RNS) For pastors with ambitions to reach huge audiences, there's often no better platform than the ...

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A Personal Relationship With God?

Derek Flood | Posted 10.01.2011

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Derek Flood

It is in relationship that we find out who we are as humans, and what matters most in life. We as humans are made for relationship, and outside of relationship cannot be truly ourselves.

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A Post-Hell Christianity?

Posted 09.14.2011

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By Kim Lawton Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) For millennia, people have been trying to imagine what happens after death. I...

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Love Loses: Barnes and Noble's Big Fat Bell Book Fail

John Shore | Posted 08.16.2011

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John Shore

If you happened to have read John Wins: When Rob Bell's Editor Calls, you know I'm thinking about doing a book with an actual, real book publisher. I'...

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After Controversy, Baptists Affirm Belief In 'Eternal' Hell

Posted 08.15.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) Southern Baptists on Wednesday (June 14) called hell an "eternal, conscious punishment" for...

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What Francis Chan (And His Ilk) Get So Terribly Wrong About Hell (VIDEO)

John Shore | Posted 07.23.2011

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John Shore

While in every last way pretending to be about practicing love, it's really about instilling fear. What Chan is really saying here is, "Be afraid. Being wrong about hell has terrible, terrible consequences."

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Karmic Relief For A Post-Hell World

Philip Goldberg | Posted 07.17.2011

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Philip Goldberg

Anecdotal evidence suggests that karma has become a ubiquitous shorthand for reap-what-you-sow justice. The term crops up increasingly in song lyrics, sitcoms, news and casual conversation.

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Bell Gives Colorado Hell, More Religious Opportunists to Follow?

Weston Gentry | Posted 07.09.2011

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Weston Gentry

Colorado seems to be shaping up as a popular target for religious ideologues. Due to its lack of religious zeal, Colorado may be the closest thing to a religious frontier that still exists in America.

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Book Review Roundup: Obama's Mom's Bio And A Book About Heaven And Hell

Posted 07.03.2011

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"The Summer Without Men" by Siri Hustvedt New York Times Hustvedt’s novels tend to be as somber as they are intellectually invigorating. Her g...

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Bill O'Reilly And His Particular Interest In Hell

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 12.16.2011

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Father Alberto Cutie

His fundamental premise was that if you are not afraid of hell, you are going to do whatever you want. I believe that true and authentic faith should motivate us to love -- never to fear.

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Who WIll Go To Hell?

ABC News | SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES | Posted 06.22.2011

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Literal hell is a gruesome place, a worm-infested trash heap where children are sacrificed to the flames, according to the Bible, and for those who do...

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Hell-Questioning Reverend Didn't Envision Controversy

AP | By TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 06.06.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Evangelical megachurch pastor Rob Bell said he did not anticipate the firestorm he would stir with his book that questions the tra...

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This, That, And The Other Jesus

Greg Garrett | Posted 05.28.2011

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Greg Garrett

That innate tendency toward finding what we're already looking for is why now, since returning to a faith that saved my life, I try to listen, not just talk.

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The Good News Is Better Than That: Reflections On Hell, Salvation And The Power Of Love

Rob Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Bell

If that message and that conviction cause controversy, I'll accept that. Because good news is what we need.

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Pastor Loses Job Amidst Rob Bell Debate

AP | By TOM BREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chad Holtz lost his old belief in hell, he also lost his job. The pastor of a rural United Methodist church in North Carolina wr...

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Will 'Love Wins' Win? We're Early In The First Inning ...

Brian D. McLaren | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian D. McLaren

I imagine Rob Bell feels a lot like I have on many occasions: it's not that the critics have understood what I'm trying to say and have explained why they disagree. They've misrepresented what I'm trying to say and have explained why the misrepresentation is audacious and ludicrous.

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Critics Heated Up By Bell's Hell

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Cathy Lynn Grossman USA Today (RNS) Talk about hellfire! One of the nation's rock-star-popular young pastors, Rob Bell, 40, has stuck a pitchfork ...

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What Is Universalism?

Rev. Peter Morales | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Peter Morales

As president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, I am fascinated and encouraged by the current public discourse around Rob Bell and the concept of universalism.

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The Heretical Rob Bell And Why Love Wins

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cathleen Falsani

They called him a Universalist. A wolf in sheep's clothing. A false prophet. A radical. Dangerous. And more than a few have labeled Bell a heretic. But that's the good news.

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The Rob Bell Controversy: Does Anyone Go To Hell?

David Lose | Posted 05.26.2011

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David Lose

Why can't a prominent Christian author question how to reconcile God's incredible love with the notion of condemning souls to eternal torment without being condemned as a heretic?

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Should Donald Rumsfeld Go To Hell?

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.

It's tempting to want to believe in hell for Rumsfeld and his ilk, whether we're religious or not. It can be comforting to believe that they will suffer the moral consequences of their behavior.

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Rob Bell vs. John Piper: Do We Have To Choose?

Rev. Jonathan Weyer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Jonathan Weyer

Do I like Piper or do I side with Bell? My response always shocks people. We should be for neither, and we should be for both.

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Christian Author's Book Sparks Charges Of Heresy

cnn.com | Eric Marrapodi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Bell, a pastor and author who has achieved rock star status in the Christian world, is preaching a false gospel, his critics say. And some of thos...

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