tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post555054748338984242..comments2023-09-02T07:59:55.010-07:00Comments on The Bottom Line: Rob Bell - Out Of The ClosetCameron Buettelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217501740084187739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-32920564147393157732012-01-02T07:35:27.629-08:002012-01-02T07:35:27.629-08:00Barbara, I'm glad you can judge someone you...Barbara, I'm glad you can judge someone you've never met. It must be awesome to be God. Nice work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-83216865600325527172011-05-01T14:06:00.554-07:002011-05-01T14:06:00.554-07:00Unfortunately, my husband and I went to a church P...Unfortunately, my husband and I went to a church Pastored by a man who had no training but felt "called". He felt that he would sweep away all the stuffy old tradition and bring us into new worship of the Lord. For the first few years of this non-denominational church, things went along well. Then, there was a change. Doctrines kept being changed. One day you were saved and could not lose it and the next day you could. Finally, one Sunday, this man threw the Bible across the floor and stomped on it saying that we should not worship the book but only God. That did it for us. What we suspected had come to fruition. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing. I see this in Rob Bell. Someone who doesn't really know what he believes and he is happily leading many to destruction. In his effort to "humanize" Christianity and make it palatable to many....he is taking the very heart of the Gospel out and stomping on it. Thank you for continuing to make this clear to all.Barbara Thayerhttp://aviewfromserenityacres.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-6817498021808402592011-04-27T19:24:57.836-07:002011-04-27T19:24:57.836-07:00well done. excelent post.
Jesus is the only way to...well done. excelent post.<br />Jesus is the only way to God. i owned cd's, noomas and books by rob bell. i took my kids to hear rob speak 6-7 years ago. i was delighted that my kids knew enough of the truth through other means and my own testimony that they caught this more blatent lie red-handed after years of not hearing mr. bell. i pray he repents from these errors as he is leading many astray. the intellectual approach can look so cool to so many that need a Savior. this "open-minded" approach is not open-minded at all. it is an attempt to have you believe that it is unreasonable that Jesus is the only way. this is the work of the devil. the deceiver will even use well intended church goers to water down the gospel so that Christ is challenged at every corner. narrow is the path and that path is through Christ alone.<br />thanks for your reminder.<br />nikonsniper steveNikonSniperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615403828504786189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-9624200884335712372011-04-27T17:41:26.715-07:002011-04-27T17:41:26.715-07:00As much as I hate to admit it, Bell did get someth...As much as I hate to admit it, Bell did get something right in one of the sections you quoted:<br /><br /><i>"So when I affirm the Bible as God’s Word, in the same breath I have to affirm that when those people voted, God was somehow present, guiding them to do what they did. When people say that all we need is the Bible, it is simply not true. In affirming the Bible as inspired, I also have to affirm the Spirit who I believe was inspiring those people to choose those books."</i><br /><br />The sentences before it were LOADED with problems; the undermining of Sola Scriptura and the failure to acknowledge the historical criteria for something being counted as scripture and being called divinely inspired. <br /><br />However, just like a clock that gets the time correct twice a day, Bell was correct to assert that those who collated the Bible together as a single volume operated under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I would frankly be worried if there was no divine influence asserted. To completely reject the influence of the Holy Spirit is very dangerous and I would even suggest that we run the risk of what Jesus referred to as blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is clearly involved in the world today in many ways (one of which convicting of sin, righteousness and judgement) and it would be problematic to assert that the councils that ratified the canon of scripture were in no way inspired by the Holy Spirit.<br /><br />I am very aware of a strong reaction from conservatives against the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements that robs us (no pun intended) of a Holy Spirit doctrine that we should be enjoying to the fullest. The influence of the Holy Spirit should not be marginalised or ignored and to do so is very dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-37114249624100237542011-04-27T09:35:34.779-07:002011-04-27T09:35:34.779-07:00Unbelievable! Give it up man.... Is this all you d...Unbelievable! Give it up man.... Is this all you discuss? Speaking of Bill Clinton, you should join a smear campaign for a politician.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670425954609557512.post-36720923149898496652011-04-27T05:44:45.175-07:002011-04-27T05:44:45.175-07:00Thanks for your discerning posts on this issue. &q...Thanks for your discerning posts on this issue. "Love Wins" is the scariest book I have ever read. I had fresh insight from reading your blog concerning why Bell released it now. Perhaps he believed the time had come to push the envelope this much further. Maybe his intention was not to offend since he did not see his view as offensive. Perhaps he thought it was time for the next big step in deconstructing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in favor of the post-modern, post-Christian, emergent gospel. I hope we can have a unified response against it. I have clearly warned the people God has entrusted to my care about Bell...even before this book came out. It was inevitable. I was watching his "Bullhorn" Nooma the other day and you could see strong hints of it there. I thought about you and the efforts of street evangelism and how insulting that video was. Thanks for your efforts in the Gospel ministry!Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578534383936338339noreply@blogger.com