Those who are ready to send Rob Bell to the hell he purportedly denies have unwittingly confirmed the suspicion of skeptics who want nothing to do with a religion whose practitioners seem to relish every opportunity to squabble, berate, and condemn; who strike a contentious pose on every theological issue; and who have the profoundly mistaken idea that at the heart of the Christian gospel is the doctrine of karma rather than that of grace.
Debra Dean Murphy
Debra Dean Murphy, Ph.D., is assistant professor of religion at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She is the author of Teaching That Transforms: Worship as the Heart of Christian Education, and she blogs at Intersections: Thoughts on Religion, Culture, and Politics.
