{"id":2508,"date":"2011-03-25T07:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepangeablog.com\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2011-07-06T19:13:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T02:13:30","slug":"how-much-more-brief-reflections-on-rob-bell-guest-post-alan-molineaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2011\/03\/25\/how-much-more-brief-reflections-on-rob-bell-guest-post-alan-molineaux\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much More? [Brief Reflections on Rob Bell] (Guest Post: Alan Molineaux)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2018How much more\u2026\u2026.?\u2019<\/p>\n

In the midst of all the conversation hitting twitterland<\/em> about the Rob Bell book and the conservative evangelical backlash it is illuminating to see how much of what is being said reveals what Christians believe about God.<\/p>\n

This is, of course, what Rob Bell calls \u2018the question behind the question\u2019.<\/p>\n

Or perhaps it has become the statement behind the statement.<\/p>\n

Many (though not all) of the leaders who criticise Bell believe that God has chosen a select few to be \u2018saved,\u2019 and that in this predestination His love is fulfilled. <\/p>\n

This is, of course, at odds with the wider hope expressed by Rob Bell and has lead to him (wrongly in my view) being labeled a universalist.<\/p>\n

It strikes me that, given Jesus\u2019 revelation that we can approach God as Father, the idea of any partiality or favouritism is out of keeping with a complete expression of love.<\/p>\n

I fail to imagine that any book on parenting would give the advice \u2018now have a few children and pick one of them as a favourite\u2019.<\/p>\n

Good parenting and a lack of partiality go hand in hand for any decent earthly parent.<\/p>\n

\u2018How much more\u2026\u2026.?\u2019<\/p>\n

____________________________________________<\/p>\n

Thanks to my good web friend, Al Molineaux<\/a> for this challenging guest piece.\u00a0 Connect with him on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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