There is nothing I hold more dear to my heart than the gospel of Christ crucified. The gospel is the crux of our faith, upon which all else stands or falls. It is the cornerstone, the foundation of our very lives. It is the reason we have an eternal hope. And it the only reason we can draw near to God... ever. Therefore, when a well-known preacher is asked to explain the gospel and completely misses it, it grieves my heart to the core to know that so many people may listen to his response and believe it. Don't believe it!
In an interview with Christianity Today, Rob Bell was asked, "How would you present [the] gospel?" His response, in my opinion, contains nothing of the gospel. But my opinion matters little. Here is Greg Gilbert's critique of Bell's answer. (Greg is affiliated with 9Marks. He's much smarter than me.)
What do you think of Bell's answer?
I think that Rob Bell's response is a lot of words and no substance. I didn't hear anything of Christ, anything of the cross, anything of SIN and NEED for a savior. That is what people need to hear on twitter and everywhere else for that matter - otherwise it is not the gospel.
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