tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973329650111638446.post6521815525974170403..comments2023-05-08T07:27:13.529-05:00Comments on Thoughts from the Prairie Table: "Poor" Rob Bell, Hell, and "universalism"Scott Fredericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11308367520005180885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973329650111638446.post-6772207964034601912011-03-24T15:59:49.132-05:002011-03-24T15:59:49.132-05:00Hey Scott, I really enjoy reading your blog, but I...Hey Scott, I really enjoy reading your blog, but I gotta admit, you lost me on the third paragraph.<br /><br />Umm... say wha?Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973329650111638446.post-53677406168743128522011-03-16T15:17:36.307-05:002011-03-16T15:17:36.307-05:00Yep - the problem is (in my mind) that we as falli...Yep - the problem is (in my mind) that we as fallible human creations of God who is Love, want so desperately to determine who is heaven bound or not. We want to be God and we're not. But it (Sin) doesn't stop us from labling "them" and "us." "Us"'s are certainly going to heaven and "them"'s not. <br />Mr. Bell makes an interesting argument, one worth talking about.JCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973329650111638446.post-52347196553959097792011-03-15T01:18:44.693-05:002011-03-15T01:18:44.693-05:00I always remember what a teacher of mine told me o...I always remember what a teacher of mine told me once: "God is love" is in the Bible, "Love is god," was from the 60's? LOL<br />Thanks for reading.Scott Fredericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308367520005180885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7973329650111638446.post-10592144461215057822011-03-14T13:44:58.438-05:002011-03-14T13:44:58.438-05:00I'm not a real scholar. . .but I'm wonderi...I'm not a real scholar. . .but I'm wondering if there can be love without God, and if God isn't present everyplace love is found. I mean the kind of love that cares for the sick, feeds the stranger, puts someone else's needs first. I'll be reading Rob Bell's book.gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05256781157246473203noreply@blogger.com