Rob Bell Denies Being a Universalist

By Aaron Blumer Wed, 03/16/2011 - 8:44am

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“No, if by universalist we mean there’s a giant cosmic arm that swoops everybody in at some point whether you want to be there or not”

Wed, 03/16/2011 - 8:46am

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Aaron Blumer

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So glad...

... that we've completely cleared that up. [/sarcasm]

Wed, 03/16/2011 - 9:47am

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ChrisC

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great chasm

everyone who's the least bit informed already knows there are a lot of varieties of universalism, but do any of them sweep the unwilling or unrepentent into heaven?

i wonder how/if bell reconciles his view with the "great chasm" in luke 16:26. it seems to me, that the point of the chasm is to prevent even the most willing from changing places.

also, usually filings include a link, but this one's missing. maybe you meant this one:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/rob-bell-denies-being-a-universalist-4...

Wed, 03/16/2011 - 9:57am

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Joel Shaffer

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I don't know if this has been

I don't know if this has been posted on Sharper Iron, but check out MNBC's Martin Bashir making Rob Bell squirm. "You're Amending The Gospel So That It's Palatable!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-qgmJ7nzA&feature=player_embedded