Thoughts on an Interview with Rob Bell

Here's a link to an video in which Martin Bashir hits Rob Bell with some very tough questions on his new book and his questionable (at best) theology:

http://bit.ly/e24NgQ

I have not read Bell's book yet, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, but I plan to soon.  If you haven't heard, Bell is being heavily criticized for bordering on heresy with universalistic theology.  In the interview Bashir, in my opinion, crushes Bell.  Bell fails to give any clear answers and often simply fails to address the question he's asked.  At best Rob Bell does not understand the Bible, sound theology, and even his own views and is at worst committing heresy.

The first question the Bashir asked of Bell was about the disaster in Japan.  I wish that I could have answered for him.  First, Bashir puts limiting constraints on his question, which is unfair and shows a poor understanding of the Triune God.  Secondly, Bell whiffed on an amazing opportunity to enlighten Bashir on national television.  When asked whether god is all-powerful and does not care about man or does god indeed care about man but is not all-powerful, Bell (after answering with a not-answer once) says that he believes that this a paradox in the character of God that we cannot understand.
Bell failed to give a complete answer and made himself and Christians as a whole look foolish.  Bell should have talked about how much God cares for his people.  We are all sinners but God made a way to reconcile us with Him (Romans 3:23; John 3:16).  Secondly Bell should have talked about our LORD's omnipotence.  God indeed created the heavens and earth and has power over nature, sickness, demons, the heart of man and death and hell (Genesis 1:1; Exodus 7:3,13, 14:15-16, 21-22; Matthew 8:14-16, 23-27; John 10:28-30).  I'm am sorely disappointed that Bell did not share the Word with Bashir and everyone viewing.  All he said was "I think this and I think that".

I imagine that Bell's book is just about his thoughts, and not about God's Word.

First Post

Alright, new blog.  I went to college at Grove City in western Pa, I studied Biblical and Religious Studies and Christian Ministries.  I'm now happily married to Bethany Savage and have gained just over ten pounds since first enjoying her cooking and baking.  I'm currently a full-time job hunter with two opportunities that are very close to fruition.  First is a Youth Pastor position at the Indiana Alliance Church in Indiana, Pa and the second I can't tell you about.  I love the sport of American Football.  I root for good football first and foremost, unless the Titans are playing, then I root for them.  I'm currently upset that the NFLPA has decertified, Adrian Peterson has likened his job to slavery, Chris Johnson can't speak clearly, and that the NFL owners have locked out the players.  I'll miss VY and I have zero expectations for the Titans this coming season.  Maybe I'll study sermons on Sunday afternoons this fall, wouldn't that be novel!  I also play too much Civilization IV and I'm trying to teach myself harmonica.

In my walk with Christ I'm currently studying eschatology in order to determine what I believe the scriptures teach on the millennium.  I've remained determinedly neutral on the subject, but in order to take the youth pastor position, if hired, I need to agree with the premillennial camp.  So I've reread some of Bruce Milne's Know the Truth which was assigned for my systematic theology classes in college.  I also got a book from my father-in-law called The Last Days Handbook by Robert B. Lightner which I've found to be very helpful so far.

Check out this awesome blog post by Matt Burke:
http://uncondemned.blogspot.com/2011/03/few-responses.html

I really don't have many things to say about sports at the moment, but I'll be posting my thoughts and opinions here as I read ESPN.com and NFL.com blogs.