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Altar to an Unknown Love: Rob Bell, C.S. Lewis, and the Legacy of the Art and Thought of Man (eBook)

Michael John Beasley (Author)

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Publisher: The Armoury Ministries
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Printed Length: 114

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Description: For the past century, the world of Christendom has faced several contests concerning the nature of God's love. From the subject of God's love for mankind to the nature of free will, such contests have pierced the very heart of the Gospel. Where the doctrine of God's love has been deeply redacted, very grave corruptions of truth have resulted.

Rob Bell's book, Love Wins, is just one illustration of this.

The entire protest revolving around Bell's book was fairly dramatic, however, it produced more smoke and heat than productive light. Despite the loud complaints leveled against the controversial author of Love Wins, what he unveiled in his book should have produced little surprise. There is a very important and untold story behind the whole Bell debacle that must be passed on for the sake of future generations. The mystery and oddity of this conflict has revealed a systemic problem - one that is much greater that Bell's particular views on Heaven and Hell. In Altar to an Unknown Love, this untold story that stands behind the scenes of Bell's theology is examined in greater detail. What the reader may find surprising is that Bell's teachings are remarkably familiar, and have even been promoted, whether directly or indirectly, by some of Bell's loudest critics.


"Rob Bell’s Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person who Ever Lived, has been condemned by evangelicals who are, at the same time, professed admirers of authors from whom Bell has drawn, namely, George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis. Beasley challenges the consistency of this procedure, and if his book is taken seriously – as it deserves to be – it must promote more controversy, for MacDonald and Lewis are widely respected figures. A reconstructed presentation of the love of God – to be found in all the authors Beasley is critiquing –produces teaching which carries no offence to the natural man. What is more offensive to the natural man than truth concerning the justice of God and his wrath against sin? But that offence is eliminated by the subjective, man-centered teaching here reviewed. Yet, instead of starting with Scripture, Lewis believed that considering love in man can help us to understand love in God. A major part of Altar to an Unknown Love is a refutation of this error. The love to be found in unregenerate man is self-love – love centering around the pursuit of pleasure and identified by the Greeks (and by Lewis) as eros. But the love of God (never called eros in the New Testament) is altogether different, and is unknown until a person is born of God (1 John 4:7-10). To our mind he proves the case that Lewis is now so widely acceptable in American evangelicalism because non-biblical ideas are not being recognized for what they are. Artistry in writing, effective story-telling, with a mixture of ‘disconnected scriptural references and thoughts’, are able to achieve wide success in a day when discrimination has given way to popular appeal."

Reverend Iain H. Murray
Former Editorial Director
& Joint Founder of Banner of Truth Trust

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Art and Thought of Man
Chapter 2: The Greatest Love of All
Chapter 3: The Affections of Love
Chapter 4: The Freedom of Love
Conclusion: A Solemn Message from Hell
Appendix
Altar to an Unknown Love: Rob Bell, C.S. Lewis, and the Legacy of the Art and Thought of Man (eBook)
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