Rob Bell

The Love Wins Companion

A Study Guide for Those Who Want to Go Deeper

Talking Points

ROB BELL is the Founding Pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of the bestselling Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. A graduate of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, Bell speaks to sold-out crowds across the world and appeared in a pioneering series of short films called NOOMA.

Description

When pastor and bestselling author Rob Bell published Love Wins, it upset many while also changing lives as he questioned who was saved, who was not, and how it all works. Bell dared to question whether hell is forever, and asked if only Christians will go to heaven, igniting a firestorm of praise and backlash across the country. In the Love Wins Companion, Bell takes the traditional study guide format for popular books and reinvents it as an opportunity for modeling the kind of conversation and debate the church should be having.

This companion contains: Insights and commentary by experts—theologians, Bible scholars, scientists, and pastors; deep analysis of all relevant Bible passages on heaven, hell, and salvation; discussion questions for individuals, groups, and classes; excerpts from throughout Christian history illustrating the variety of positions taken over time to the issues Rob Bell wrestles with in Love Wins; and Bell’s own reflections on the debate he caused and the reaction in churches