Category Archives: Theological Musings

Orthodox hell and the Scarlet Rob Bell

Posted on March 16, 2011 by me

The Eastern (Orthodox) church has been thinking about hell a lot longer than anyone else, simply because they’ve been around the longest. Yes, there were Christians before Augustine. However, very few western evangelicals (of the post-liturgical variety) care about what … Continue reading →

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Ah, hell…

Posted on March 5, 2011 by me

It seems everyone’s talking about hell, since the news of Rob Bell’s upcoming book, Love Wins, hit the Reformed crowd. And, it seems that’s like you-know-what hitting the you-know-what. I even wrote about it this morning. (Was there this much … Continue reading →

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“Bell” rhymes with “hell”

Posted on March 5, 2011 by me

Everybody probably knows that Rob Bell has a new book coming out. It will probably outsell all of his previous books (and probably sell better than it deserves), because it’s had the best marketing campaign imaginable—controversy. Bell put out a … Continue reading →

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George MacDonald: Truth is too good to believe

Posted on November 30, 2010 by me

George MacDonald (who greatly influenced C.S. Lewis) opposed what is referred to as the “penal substitution” theory of the atonement, something with which I’ve struggled myself. This common evangelical doctrine depicts God as so full of wrath that he just … Continue reading →

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