March Theology Pub
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 4:00AM Every few months we hold a Theology Pub here in Toronto. The next one looks to be a little interesting. Details:
Our March Theology Pub is scheduled for Monday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. It's at the same location: the Bishop and Belcher Pub at Church and Hayden, just south of Bloor and Church.
Here's the topic. Last weekend, Justin Taylor posted a blog entry about Rob Bell. This post launched a firestorm. Rob Bell became a trending topic on Twitter last weekend, and the controversy hit CNN. Over 1,400 people have commented on the post.
There are some questions worth considering as a result of this incident:
- How do we deal with serious theological issues like this with blogs and Twitter?
- How do we deal with issues like this when we're prone to line up according to our groups and heros?
- When is it appropriate to judge? When should we hold our fire?
I'm sure that the discussion will be an interesting one.
Please let me know if you plan on attending by sending me an e-mail. One lucky (or unlucky) person who attends will win an Amazon gift card equivalent to the cost of Rob Bell's new book Love Wins.
Hope you can make it.
Reader Comments (3)
Unfortunately Bell is now a heretic. Beware.
"Bell addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith—the afterlife—arguing that a loving God would never sentence human souls to eternal suffering."God, a Loving God, does NOT sentence human souls to eternal suffering.He, the Loving God He is, gave us the free will to CHOOSE for ourselves where we will spend eternity. He, the Loving God He is, paid the price required so that we can enter into His presence IF WE SO CHOOSE.How much more does He have to do to demonstrate His Love than John 3:16 - 18?
As Darryl has pointed out to me, the previous comment is only partially true. In one sense God has given us the free will to choose where we will spend eternity. But, in another sense God is ultimately a Holy and Just Judge who WILL send to Hell those who choose not to accept the substitutionary sacrifice of His Only Begotten Son.I did not mean to suggest otherwise, and I apologize for any confusion. I should have expanded my comment further. I was only trying to point out that The Gospel Message really is very simple,... maybe TOO simple.