Tag: Rob Bell
by Ray Yungen (from For Many Shall Come in My Name) Although the social/political element may not be overtly New Age in nature, it has served as a magnet for bringing together transformed New Agers and the socially concerned. Like…
Faith Undone by Roger Oakland is back from press in its 8th printing. The book was released in 2007, and we believe it is still the most powerful and truthful book about the emerging church and the “new” spirituality that has overtaken much of…
For almost 2000 years, human civilizations have had opportunities to grow “progressively” in generosity, forgiveness, etc. The fact that today’s culture is no closer to perfection suggests that [Rob] Bell’s utopian vision is merely an illusion based in man’s lofty…
by Christian Retailing Best-selling author Rob Bell’s controversial new book, Love Wins (HarperOne), has debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times Hardcover Advice & Miscellaneous best-seller list for the week of April 3. HarperOne brought forward publication of…
by Menno-Lite A newly released book called Love Wins by Rob Bell is (supposedly) causing a huge controversy in Christendom. The issue is over the doctrine of hell, which the emergent Bell hasn’t been very clear about in certain interviews…
Emerging church/mysticism promoter Rob Bell is making the circuit in American media to promote his newest book, Love Wins. The book is receiving a lot of publicity, largely because of a pre-release video (see bottom of this post) by Bell where he suggests…
A Commentary by IndyWatchman (Steve Blackwell) “Warning!! Love Wins, by Rob Bell” Every marketer knows that it is the headline or title that causes most people to read news papers, or buy books. Advertisers will tell you that the most…
In the January 24th issue of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Towers magazine sits a review of Leonard Sweet’s recent book, Jesus Manifesto (p. 11). The review states that Sweet’s book “can be a good resource for young and old Christians alike.” The…
The headline in this article may seem preposterous – Brian McLaren and two other contemplative prayer proponents (Richard Rohr and Phyllis Tickle) agreeing with what Lighthouse Trails has been trying to say for eight years now? That the same contemplative prayer which is…
In this fourth preview of the Exposing the Quantum Lie DVD set with Warren B. Smith and Bob DeWaay, DeWaay talks about Emergence Theory and how pantheism and panentheism have entered the church, convincing millions that this New Spirituality is exactly what the…
from Nick A Lighthouse Trails reader My hope is that this might benefit someone, if not in the writing of it, but in the responses it might receive. Telling myself always in all that I do, I try to do…
LTRP Note: In view of the fact that Rob Bell’s Nooma films and his book, Velvet Elvis, are still popular within evangelical circles, this article by Bob DeWaay, on Bell’s “Mindblowing”* model New Ager Ken Wilber, should be taken seriously. by Bob…