Love Wins

So I have finished the first read of "Love Wins" by Rob Bell.

Yes it is a book that has some big issues in it.  Yes it is a book that many people will rally against.  However it asks and tries to answer some of the biggest questions of all.

What I found hardest whilst reading was to separate out what was tradition in my mind and what is truth.  We live with such strong opinions about so many things just because we have always understood it that way and not because it is true.  So much of our faith journey is lived out through the religious acts of attending church that when we read anything that jars against those beliefes we find it very hard to agree.

There is much in the book that rings true with my spirit however.

I did not see a weaker Jesus in the words, I did not see a lesser passion for evangelism, I did not see the cross brought down to less powerful.  I heard a Jesus that is more powerful, I heard a God that is bigger and more loving, I heard a call to greater passion for evangelism, I saw a cross that was more significant and pivotal to the history of the world.

Surely we can not limit God to the text of the Bible, he must be bigger than that, surely we can not limit God to only logic we can grasp, surely the love of God must be bigger than we can imagine.  Surely we are called to live out this vast love in our lives, surely all are called to him.

So I would encourage any one to read this book and then wrestle with just how big your God is.  To open your bibles and read it, not through the eyes of tradition but through the eyes of a God who loves!

Regardless of your opinio of the book I hope that LOVE WINS!