Day: June 3, 2011

In Love Wins (Harper One, 2011) Pastor Rob Bell of Mars Hill Church in Grandville, MI, presents a new eschatology. In Pastor Bell’s own words, “eschatology shapes our ethics.” (46) Eschatology, what we believe about death, the end of the world and the final destiny of humankind (eschatology) influences how we treat each other (ethics). He spends 198 pages deconstructing the popular Christian understanding of heaven and hell: their physical location and what they are like. Ultimately, the goal of his eschatology is to reshape the Christian perspective of God and mankind toward a future in which justice and...