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[Eric0873]

Um, I would urge you to discern a bit more on who Rob Bell is and what he really believes. His social gospel is not the gospel of the Bible! He and the whole Emergent camp are not taking scripture seriously.

[jazzaah]

@Eric0873 so what is the Gospel of the bible bro?

[236lbsnomore]

The BIBLE, Word of God, Basic instructions before leaving earth.

[236lbsnomore]

I think you need to have ears to hear what he is saying. If God can speak through a burning bush, he speaks through Rob Bell. I don't know of too many people following a different gospel through his insite.

[236lbsnomore]

god has spoken but are you listening with ears to hear?

[MrWesRR]

Its not about a Human debate. Its about God, Do not judge lest you be Judged

[Eric0873]

@jazzaah Right, all I'm saying is that guys like Bell, McLaren and the Emergent church movement take "making the world a better place" as if that's the primary vision Jesus had for us as NT Christians. We are commanded to preach the gospel to every creature and surely to do it in love, warning of a pending Day of Judgment. I'm talking about a gospel that abases man and glorifies God. Social issues are important, but not at the cost of the Savior's blood as the sacrifice for our sins.

[jazzaah]

@Eric0873 dnt get me rong man, evangelism is SO imprtant, bt if we dnt hav luv it is nothn. if we alow God to liv in us nd we die to sin, we wud be out there clothn the naked, nd feedn the hungry, and we wuldnt be able to nt. Jesus sed dnt take much for the journey. if da westn church is takn part in a lyfstyle tht uses 80% of the worlds resources wen wea 20% of the world, we'v taken too much wit us, and its killing 30,00 kids a day. and thats not love. no matta how many peeps u've preached to.

[jazzaah]

@Eric0873 im not denying that we hav to preach abwt how Jesus came to save us from our sins. it wud be rediculous if i did that and called myself a christian. but its just as rediculous to call myself a christian and preach nly salvation frm sins and not help restore the broken world physically as wel when Jesus came to do mor than just free usfrm sin. if we pray ur kngdom com, ur wil be done here as in heaven thn we are praying for more thn freedom from sin, coz heaven is free from mor thn that

[Eric0873]

@jazzaah No, our job is not to "make the world a better place". That will be God's job for sure. We are called to be salt and light to this hurting and dying world to seek and save that which is lost. Preaching the gospel of forgiveness of sins turns the heart of a man/woman to truly see how far we've fallen. Social gospels are like re-painting tombs..the heart of mankind needs to be raised from the dead so that the body can be properly restored.

[jazzaah]

@jazzaah we do have priorities for sure. like it wud be better to see someone saved than give them money, after all thered be an epic feast waiting for them lol. but, the gospel is incomplete if its just for freedom from the wages of sin...coz its about restoration for the whole world, and about God reconciling all things

[jazzaah]

@Eric0873 i thought he came to accomplish restoration for the world like it says in colossians 1:20....if we view the gospel as only for me and u, then the truth that we must care for our world, for the environment and all of creation almost becomes redundant....wouldnt u say? the gospel is ar more holistic in scripture than we seem to make it out to be these days. after all we were created in the garden to rule over creation like God rules us; with love.

[Eric0873]

@236lbsnomore I don't know that comparing Rob Bell to a burning bush would be accurate or even a close simile! Rob has several deviated doctrinal differences with most of biblical evangelical Christianity. My point regarding his social justice "gospel" is that it tends to re-prioritize the goals rather than stick with what Jesus truly came to the Earth to accomplish...forgiveness of sins.