Been a long time...

Okay, I am going to try this again. I started a blog a year ago or longer, posted a few times, then stopped. So I really want to make this happen and hopefully be used to help, encourage, challenge, or even entertain. So here it goes...again.

Have you been reading all this controversy about Rob Bell and his book "Love Wins"? Wow, what a mess. When Rob first came on the scene I liked some of the stuff he did, the NOOMA videos at times were really good. His book on Sex and God's view shattered some walls in the church...I didn't mind that too much.

But now, I think Rob needs to slow down. I think he is starting to believe his own press clippings here and creating a theology. I am not sure as to why...maybe he felt the gospel needed to be more palatable. He cannot say it is scriptural. God is love, NO DOUBT, but God is also righteous and just. Scriptures teach clearly

And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if any one's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:9-15

Listen--you don't have to like hell...in fact you probably shouldn't like the idea of a place called hell. But is God lying? Is the scripture not true? Of course the answer to both of those is NO!!!

So what do we do? We teach truth, we can warn of God's judgement but we MUST proclaim God's love! My words would be to Rob, I understand that hell is not pleasant, but it is truth. So is it more loving to take it away and allow people to feel better about God today only to go there when it is too late or is it more loving to teach truth and try to prevent people from going there?