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Sat, 23 April 2011 14:30

Mark L
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada

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Pastor Robb Bell from Mars Hill has been at it again. He wrote a book about it. I haven't read the book and probably won't take the time but Christianity Today wrote a review. I've included 2 links to the same review in case anyone can't get one.

Here is a quote from the review of how the book begins . . .

As part of a series on peacemaking, in late 2007, Pastor Rob Bell's Mars Hill Bible Church put on an art exhibit about the search for peace in a broken world. It was just the kind of avant-garde project that had helped power Mars Hill's growth (the Michigan church attracts 7,000 people each Sunday) as a nontraditional congregation that emphasizes discussion rather than dogmatic teaching. An artist in the show had included a quotation from Mohandas Gandhi. Hardly a controversial touch, one would have thought. But one would have been wrong.

A visitor to the exhibit had stuck a note next to the Gandhi quotation: "Reality check: He's in hell." Bell was struck.

Really? he recalls thinking.

Gandhi's in hell?

He is?

We have confirmation of this?

Somebody knows this?

Without a doubt?

And that somebody decided to take on the responsibility of letting the rest of us know?

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2065080,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2065080,00.ht ml

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"Meanderings on Scripture by Mark
https://mlederman.substack.com/

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