Rob Bell Controversy

Why Are We So Angry About Hell?

Carl Medearis | Posted 09.25.2011

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Carl Medearis

Our motivations for wanting hell to exist (or not) might expose something inside of us that needs to become more like Jesus.

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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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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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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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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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