I find this confusing.
And please don’t read this as a defence of Charlie Bell or Rob Sheen or whatever strategy of Winning of which one wants to write.
But.
Isn’t it a little weird that TULIP-waving Calvinists get all bent out of shape about a book that denies the eternal flames of hell? (I should say "apparently denies" - haven’t read it and I doubt I ever will - I’m no fan of Charlie Bell or Rob Sheen or whatever his name is)?
One goes so far as to dramatically state,
…The theology is heterodox. The history is inaccurate. The impact on souls is devastating.
If depravity is total. If election is unconditional. If the atonement is limited (to whom it applies). If grace is irresistible. And the elect were predestined from the foundations of the earth.
Then.
How in hell can the impact of a book written by a “rock star” Christian minister 'devastate souls'?
Doesn’t a TULIP-loving Calvinist believe that those whom God forechose and foreknew will be saved regardless? Or am I missing something in their theology?
One would think Arminians like me would have more of problem with the impact of books by Charlie Rob Sheen Bell than those who believe God only Wins those he pre-chose to be his prizes.
If I were even more of cynic than I already am, I might think that certain folk are being paid by HarperOne to keep the CharlieRobSheenBell controversy as front and centre as possible. It will certainly help book sales, n'est-ce pas?
(Please note: I not only love all the Calvinists I know, I greatly like them and enjoy their company - whether virtual or in the flesh. Even if some of them might believe my Arminianism could confine me to the eternal fires of hell.)
