A Modern Day Evangelical Council?

Wow! What is happening? There is all kinds of crazy happening in internet news, blogging, facebook, and tweeting over Rob Bell's Love Wins. This morning, in my seemingly infinite Friday free time, I continued perusing articles on this situation, and I think it is going to keep coming... Though, I am less sure where it's going... Evangelical-y churches are already splintered beyond recognition, so it's weird to think that there could be sort of this larger controversial "split" over those who question hell and the and how the love of God works. If you're going to go work in a "mainline-ish" Christian-y church, no body has to ask, "What do you believe about heaven and hell?" They might ask you, "How are people saved?" But both are really different questions, and the latter has more leeway for avoiding specificity in your answer. I guess a vague answer for the first one might be, "Yes, I believe in heaven and hell." And a vague answer for the second could be, "Jesus." But I don't know if those answers are going to get you a job, or help you keep it...

All this being said---I had to begin compiling all these interesting article on the Rob Bell situation.

• The Good News is Better Than That: This is the article that peeked my curiosity. It was on the front page of the Huff Post religion section, and I thought, "I didn't know Rob Bell writes for the Huff Post." As far as I can tell, this is his first contribution.
• A couple days before this, Brian McLaren wrote Will "Love Wins" Win? It is a long article, mostly in defense of Rob, and a critique of--
• Albert Mohler's We Have Seen This Before: Rob Bell and the (Re)Emergence of Liberal Theology. And OooOooOoohhh! A Panel Discussion!
• Good News About Hell? Came out as, what looks like, a plug for Rob's book.., or maybe just a curious indifference. Either way
• I am pretty sure this is the first charge of heresy: Christian author's book sparks charges of heresy... and you know it is cause it's on cnn.com
• Critics heated up by Bell's Hell is more from the Huff Post
• Pastor Loses Job Over Rob Bell Debate--This one seems a little sketchy here.
• And here's more from the Washington Post...
• Then look at the ratio of 1-star to 5-star reviews on Amazon--It's AMAZING!
• Red Letter Christians seem to think we're heading towards an "Evangelical Split." How in the world is this even possible.

There is a ton of stuff about all this, and I imagine there will be more... Still, I don't know where this is going, but if you've read Rob Bell, it was obvious he was going "this" direction... whatever this is? Anyway, I bought the book... Maybe I'll read it.

One of my favorites is a HERETIC!

Surprise surprise... it was only a matter of time before they caught on to you, Rob Bell...