Dear Editor,
I’ve noticed all the letters lately berating Rob Bell for his open-minded view of heaven. While I agree with what Pastor Bell writes in his book, “Love Wins,” (yes, Virginia, I have read it), I wish his detractors would find better uses for their time. It would be wonderful if, rather than debate over dogma, Christians would compete over compassion.
“We feed poor people chicken!”
“Chicken? What a laugh! We serve them steaks!”
Or, instead of combating over creeds, it would be delightful if Christians jousted over justice.
“Our church writes a letter to Congress and the president every month, urging them to bring our troops home!”
“Every month? What a bunch of wimps! Our church writes them every week!”
God knows, if churches squabbled over social justice instead of dueling over doctrine, it would be…heaven.
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