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August 2011

August 31, 2011

During Adrian's month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most...

August 25, 2011

During Adrian's month away from the blog, he has hand-picked a selection of the most...

July 2011

July 10, 2011

The reality of Hell – a sermon by Tope Koleoso

The above sermon will shake you to the core. Tope didn't mention those who have...

July 01, 2011

Full transcipt of the Warnock vs Rob Bell debate

It may feel like quite a while ago now, but I keep hearing of people...

May 2011

May 06, 2011

Concluding question: Does MY life consistently demonstrate my belief in a literal eternal hell?

If you want to know what someone really believes you should look at how they...

May 06, 2011

What about babies, those who dont know and other hard cases

To speak first about Babies, Bell acknowledges the common evangelical understanding (often seen among Baptists)...

May 05, 2011

What about CS Lewis, John Stott and Hell?

Stott is obviously someone who still trembles at the Word of God. He may have...

May 05, 2011

Franklin Graham: "Rob Bell is a heretic and a false teacher"

Franklin Graham's comments about Rob Bell can be seen around 2:50 into this video:

May 04, 2011

Is Rob Bell a neo-liberal who does not take the Bible literally?

If you have got this far in reading every post I have written on Rob...

May 04, 2011

What does the Greek word for eternal mean?

One issue that we did not get our teeth fully into during my debate with...

May 03, 2011

Does Rob Bell know how people get to heaven?

"Heaven is, after all, full of surprises." says Rob Bell in Love Wins. Also, in...

May 03, 2011

The loving wrath of God

Love is not some insipid woolly emotion offered to everyone in the same way irrespective...

May 02, 2011

The very objection to wrath is so culture bound

There seems to be an aversion to speaking of the eternal wrath of God these...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

Will everyone (eventually) make it to heaven? Jesus didn't think so.

Rob's book constantly casts doubt on the notion that there is a hell that will...

April 28, 2011

Heaven, Hell, and Rob Bell – How DARE you question God?

Bell asks, is it unjust for God to not save everyone? I reply: how dare...

April 27, 2011

Hell and the wrath of God – It is not only love that wins

I think that part of the problem that Bell and others have with hell is...

April 27, 2011

VIDEO: Does Rob Bell believe all will be saved?

This is a good example of Rob Bell's slipperiness. Despite what he says elsewhere in...

April 27, 2011

VIDEO: Why Rob Bell is so dangerous – So much of what he says is so right!

This clip shows the problem that Rob Bell poses the church today. At the beginning...

April 27, 2011

VIDEO – Nailing Rob Bell down to express clearly his disbelief in eternal conscious punishment in hell

In this video clip Rob Bell asked me one too many questions. If you see...

April 27, 2011

VIDEO: Has Rob Bell demonstrated clearly that he is not an Evangelical any more?

In this clip I tell Rob Bell that because he has a very different approach...

April 26, 2011

Heaven, Hell and Rob Bell – What does Jesus say?

Jesus tells us himself that there IS a hell, that it is a ” place...

April 25, 2011

Heaven, Hell and Rob Bell – A series on Love Wins: Introduction

As part of the preparation for my face to face debate with Rob Bell, I...

April 20, 2011

Listen to my face to face debate with Rob Bell about heaven, hell, and the fate of every person who ever lived.

Watch the whole video DOWNLOAD THE MP3 of this debate. Or you can stream online...

April 19, 2011

Martyn Lloyd-Jones refutes Universalism

Once again Lloyd-Jones hits the nail on the head! Liberal ideas come and go, wax...

April 18, 2011

A spectrum of belief on hell and salvation – Is Rob Bell a Universalist?

This week Rob Bell is in the UK and will be speaking at a number...

April 12, 2011

The Apostle Paul's Blogging Checklist, Hell, and Rob Bell

Now that Rob Bell's controversial book Love Wins is on sale on both sides of...

April 11, 2011

Lloyd-Jones on the folly of thinking God is only love and ignoring punishment and hell

Lloyd-Jones could have been saying this for the 21st Century not the 20th. There really...

April 07, 2011

The folly of imagining hell is not real and sin is not deadly – Spurgeon

"The sinner is a fool, because he is told in God’s word that the path...

April 04, 2011

Why a belief in hell is so practically important

We don't believe in hell for practical reasons. We believe in it because the Bible...

March 2011

March 18, 2011

5 reasons why I haven't said anything so far about Rob Bell and Love Wins

Some people have asked me recently what I think about a famous preacher who is...