A popular pastor and creator of the inspirational NOOMA video series looks at every reference to heaven and hell in the Bible, arguing that God's main message regarding the afterlife is that "love wins," and that many popular—and grimmer—depictions of Hell were developed outside the realm of biblical literature. (religion — christianity).
Looks at every reference to heaven and hell in the Bible, arguing that God's main message regarding the afterlife is that "love wins," and that many popular--and grimmer--depictions of Hell were developed outside of the Bible.
Millions of Christians have struggled with how to reconcile God's love and God's judgment: Has God created billions of people over thousands of years only to select a few to go to heaven and everyone else to suffer forever in hell? Is this acceptable to God? How is this "good news"?
Troubling questions—so troubling that many have lost their faith because of them. Others only whisper the questions to themselves, fearing or being taught that they might lose their faith and their church if they ask them out loud.
But what if these questions trouble us for good reason? What if the story of heaven and hell we have been taught is not, in fact, what the Bible teaches? What if what Jesus meant by heaven, hell, and salvation are very different from how we have come to understand them?
What if it is God who wants us to face these questions?
Author, pastor, and innovative teacher Rob Bell presents a deeply biblical vision for rediscovering a richer, grander, truer, and more spiritually satisfying way of understanding heaven, hell, God, Jesus, salvation, and repentance. The result is the discovery that the "good news" is much, much better than we ever imagined.
Love wins.
