One in a series of articles about Rob Bell's  book.

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/features/24878-universalism-and-the-doctrine-of-rob-bell

Below is an introduction  to  the article, and a bit  of background on Rob Bell's book. Look elsewhere on  this site for other  articles and videos about this.

Why the questions Rob Bell's new book addresses are the ones everyone is asking. Editor’s note: When we received an advance copy of Rob Bell’s new book, Love Wins, in our offices a couple of weeks ago, we knew it would spark quite a bit of controversy. We just didn’t know it would happen before anyone else actually read the book.

But when his publisher, HarperOne, released a video “trailer” for the book last week, and blogger Justin Taylor wrote a blog suggesting Bell might be a universalist based on its content (sparking many national leaders to follow suit), the Internet exploded into a heated debate about heaven, hell, eternal consequences and universalism.

While our editors have indeed read Bell's book, we've chosen not to comment on the actual content of Love Wins until other people have had a chance to read it as well and can thoughtfully agree or disagree with our assessments. To jump into the fray with a quickly constructed 1,000-word knee-jerk reaction or quasi-book report, only because the topic is being debated this week, would be a grave disservice to our readers and to the book itself.

Instead, we've chosen to do an in-depth piece on the topic in the May/June issue of RELEVANT, including a substantive interview with Bell himself. However, to address the debates happening this week (mind you, about a book nobody's read yet), we turned to Scot McKnight, a noted theologian and Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies at North Park University, for some much-needed perspective.

This is his piece: (see  above link to read the rest of the article).