Richard Mouw, the highly respected president of Fuller Theological Seminary has been quoted in USA today about Rob Bell's forthcoming book, Love Wins. I'm sure that his positive statements will stir up a lot more negative reaction in the blogosphere. I hope that will push Mouw into post something more substantial on his own blog outlining his reaction to Bell's book.From the USA Today Article:
But Richard Mouw, president of the world's largest Protestant seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary based in Pasadena, Calif., calls Love Wins "a great book, well within the bounds of orthodox Christianity and passionate about Jesus.
The real hellacious fight, says Mouw, a friend of Bell, a Fuller graduate, is between "generous orthodoxy and stingy orthodoxy. 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 Rob Bell allows for a lot of mystery in how Jesus reaches people."
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I wonder how close Lewis was getting to this when he wrote about servants of Tash in 'The Last Battle.'
ReplyDeleteVery close! I'm sure that many of those criticizing and judging Bell would be happy to do the same to Lewis if he had been less subtle.
ReplyDeleteHaha... Here is the Mouw Musing I asked for yesterday! :-)
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That was a great article. One of the best I've read lately.
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