Time Magazine is featuring a cover story about Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins. Dr. Mohler has responded with a blog post:
The edition of TIME magazine timed for Easter Week features a cover story on the controversy over Rob Bell and his new book, Love Wins. Interestingly, the essay is written by none other than Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former editor of Newsweek –TIME’s historic competitor. Meacham, who studied theology as an undergraduate at the University of the South, helpfully places Rob Bell in the larger context of modern theology, even as he offers a basically sympathetic analysis.
Meacham explains:
The standard Christian view of salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is summed up in the Gospel of John, which promises “eternal life” to “whosoever believeth in Him.” Traditionally, the key is the acknowledgment that Jesus is the Son of God, who, in the words of the ancient creed, “for us and for our salvation came down from heaven … and was made man.” In the Evangelical ethos, one either accepts this and goes to heaven or refuses and goes to hell.
Read the rest here.
I appreciate this post on your blog. We are at a critical juncture when it comes to defining clearly what it means to be a Christian. I pray that Christian leaders such as Dr. Mohler continue to speak out on the biblical issues involved. Either the Word of God is true or it is not. I choose to believe the Bible and what our Lord teaches us on heaven and hell. I am thankful to those who stand up and point out the holes in Bell’s theology. Thank you Chris!
Barbara, you are so encouraging. It truly does help.
This is frightening that we seem to be losing this battle. Bell claims to believe the Bible with a straight face, while clearly denying its truth.
When the Son of Man comes will He find faith in the earth?
Jeff, that is really the right question. It is a critical time for pastors to clearly proclaim the truth.