Minister chastised for preaching against hell.

Evangelical pastor Rob Bell has been called a “rock star pastor” by many. In his new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, Bell suggests that most non-Christians will not burn in an everlasting hell fire and that the Bible does not support such a concept.  Predictably, Bell’s book attracts “fire-and-brimstone” condemnation from the Christian establishment.

But not all his peers condemn his writing. The president of Fuller Theological Seminary commented, “There are stingy people who just want to consign many others to hell and only a few to heaven and take delight in the idea. But Bob Bell allows for a lot of mystery in how Jesus reaches people” (USA Today, March 14, 2011, 13B).

God’s Church understands there is a mystery in God’s truth (1 Corinthians 2:7; 15:51). All humans who have ever lived and not known God’s truth will be resurrected at a later time (known as the Great White Throne Judgment period) and have a chance to learn and choose God’s way of life (Ezekiel 37, John 5:28-29, Revelation 20:11-13).

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