tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post6668050532542856303..comments2023-05-02T04:17:09.271-07:00Comments on [Un] Closeted Pastor: On Jonah and "Goodbye Rob Bell"Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-81788107267321376872013-03-01T18:03:33.813-08:002013-03-01T18:03:33.813-08:00Love winsLove winsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-35258616738637379102013-03-01T18:02:17.976-08:002013-03-01T18:02:17.976-08:00Love winsLove winsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-89099724435462182022011-03-18T04:33:37.151-07:002011-03-18T04:33:37.151-07:00Oh, MaineCelt, that is brilliant. I've just po...Oh, MaineCelt, that is brilliant. I've just posted it on that social networking site.Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-60967096927196864392011-03-17T18:50:21.810-07:002011-03-17T18:50:21.810-07:00I love the explanation given to me by a Russian Or...I love the explanation given to me by a Russian Orthodox priest, Fr. Michael Oleksa, who said, "We will all be welcomed into God's wild embrace. For those who seek communion and intimate understanding, it will be heaven. For those who seek estrangement and dischord, it will be hell."MaineCelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318937035647123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-1695649371368291512011-03-14T01:38:19.745-07:002011-03-14T01:38:19.745-07:00Asmac, there's a glitch on blogger... I tried ...Asmac, there's a glitch on blogger... I tried to publish each of your comments, but they disappeared.<br /><br />To be invited to the private blog, send me an email to revceciliapastor AT yahoo DOT com. I'd be happy to invite you!Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-56979913135145345022011-03-10T17:38:48.056-08:002011-03-10T17:38:48.056-08:00I read "Hope Beyond Hell" over three yea...I read "Hope Beyond Hell" over three years ago, and it was like finding the missing piece of a puzzle. I had been praying and seeking God for answers about many scriptures that just didn't fit the 'sound doctrine' I had been taught as a child. When the mistranslation of 'eternal' was cleared up in regards to punishment, suddenly the bigger picture of the 'ages' came into view, and I felt the BOUNDLESSNESS of the love of God. It's been a long three years feeling so alone in this belief, but I'm so encouraged to see people are starting to believe...with God, ALL things are possible.kellbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892216026330380554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-45536720268819043332011-03-10T09:15:36.019-08:002011-03-10T09:15:36.019-08:00Personally I believe in God's eventual "a...Personally I believe in God's eventual "all in all." On the other hand, there is the Hitler problem. In some ways I've always liked the idea that hell is a place you can walk out of but there are some who are so invested in their spiritual blindness that they stay in hell even though they would be free to leave if they would let God cure their blindness. In the end its a mystery of course. The only question is can we give up our desire to do God's job by usurping the role of gatekeeper.gordbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741420085642720240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-37830534027962627472011-03-09T16:56:54.537-08:002011-03-09T16:56:54.537-08:00I have always assumed that if there is a place of ...I have always assumed that if there is a place of torture where God sends irredeemable sinners that I was going to end up in that Hell.<br /><br />How can a person be vehemently emotionally invested in the idea of a torturous hell unless they believe that they will go to "heaven" and those who have hurt them will get their "just deserts" and be punished for all eternity?<br /><br />I gave in and preordered a copy of the book. A friend asked me to review it on his blog and I'll be posting a link on my blog.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-84371386911449092412011-03-09T15:43:13.402-08:002011-03-09T15:43:13.402-08:00Right there with ya, friend!Right there with ya, friend!Choralgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657324651887737580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-48652890993879257532011-03-09T05:10:15.994-08:002011-03-09T05:10:15.994-08:00I saw some of your FB debate. I am mystified by a...I saw some of your FB debate. I am mystified by anyone who doesn't want to start, go through the middle, and end, with "Love wins."<br /><br />I got involved in a much shorter FB discussion instigated by one of MY seminary classmates, who wondered whether we can be the recipients of God's grace and forgiveness without action/response in the same vein on our part. I was the voice arguing: Yes; no contingencies.<br /><br />Even if the no contingencies-love wins had not been my natural, instinctual, and supported0by-Scripture response all along, the experience of the last 2.5 years of my life leaves no other possibility.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.com