Rob Bell didn’t fall out of the tree of orthodoxy overnight. He has been sticking his finger in the eye of historic Christianity for years. The problem is too many evangelicals didn’t realize it.
The bottom-line is that Rob Bell would not be nearly as popular as he is if there weren’t so many evangelical barnacles attached to him. I think of churches in my own city where evangelical pastors recommend his books and videos. The fact that evangelicals, especially pastors, did not see this coming is an indictment on the level of discernment of our movement. You could say, without exaggeration, that Rob Bell’s popularity and credibility comes through the impressionable, doctrinally shallow American evangelicals that are drawn after cool rather than true. It reminds me of the teenage girl who is searching for approval and identity. She goes after the cool guy. Then she finds out that the cool guy is not who she thought he was. She is crushed. Read it all HERE
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