![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So widespread was the chatter surrounding Love Wins that Time magazine ran a cover story about it, bearing the title, “Is Hell Dead?” Conservative writers, such as John Piper and Al Mohler, quickly branded the book as advocating ideas beyond the bounds of Christian orthodoxy, while others, such as Richard Mouw and Brian McClaren praised it for igniting a conversation on a topic that has long been too taboo to touch. This included an interview on MSNBC with Martin Bashir that went viral. This video prompted a lively discussion, parodies included, as well as the mixture of both accolades and condemnation that the book drew when it was released. Published in 2011, the book was released to considerable fanfare, partly because Bell was already known as one of the most influential and controversial figures in American Christianity, and partly because of an attention-grabbing promotional video that hit the internet prior to its release. Love Wins is a book by the popular Christian author Rob Bell, former senior pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ![]()
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