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annamontana's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Well thought out and easy to read. The biggest issue I had with the book is that it seemed to written to oppose Love Wins. My problem is not that it was written because of this but because I could, ten years later, still see this. And I had not read Love Wins. Because there is quite a bit of "Bell says this...," or "in the book..." it felt dated. Had it been written without those type of responses it would not have seemed dated.
Good book over all.
Good book over all.
lydiawesome's review against another edition
2.0
The aim of this book was to show how God is smarter and bigger than all of us and to prove Rob Bell wrong about hell. Chan takes us through scripture by scripture showing how 1) hell is a real place and people are gonna burn and 2) how God is so much more beyond our comprehensions. The problem is, Chan focuses so much more on the first point and glosses to much over the second. This book ends up sounding more like a seminary paper than a theology book - almost a quarter of each chapter are the footnotes. Fascinating as footnotes are, I wanted to hear more about the IMPLICATIONS of believing in a God who sends non-Christians to hello. Bell fleshed that out beautifully in his book, yet Chan is eerily silent on this score. Overall, I found his lack of grace disturbing (thanks Darth Vader). This book left me with some big questions, which he did not answer: what exactly did Jesus do for us if there still people going to hell? What is the nature of sin? Why the cross? I did give this book TWO stars, though, because it was short. I am also glad I got it thanks to Free Fridays via Nook.
awilsonmomof2's review against another edition
3.0
Another very easy read by Francis. Didn't agree with everything but for the most part I do. I like that he is bold enough to keep his mouth shut about what the Bible DOESN'T say about Hell.
elijah_renz's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
solid read. not a lot of new information to me personally, but a really healthy reminder of the necessity and urgency of sharing the gospel. respect chan