Talking Heaven and Hell


Posted March 21, 2011 by Carla Hinton Comment on this article Leave a comment

Heaven and Hell are always hot topics.

So it comes as no surprise that two books on the subjects — one about Heaven and one about Hell — are getting a lot of attention these days.

The Today Show interviewed a young boy today who claims to have gone to heaven during a near-death experience.

I’ve included the video excerpt of the interview here: Boy Goes to Heaven.   

And Colton Burpo, the son of a Nebraska pastor, has written a new book about his experience called “Heaven is For Real.”

As for Hell, there’s a book just released on March 15 called ”Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Lived.” 

Written by Rob Bell, “Love Wins”  has been causing quite a stir even before its release, largely due to a pre-release video featuring Bell, who is pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church

in Michigan. Critics of Bell say the book expouses a universalist message rather than an evangelical Christian message.

Recently, three theologians and scholars, including Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., had a public discussion of the book due to the ideas shared in the book.

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Carla Hinton, an Oklahoma City native, joined The Oklahoman in 1986 as a National Society of Newspaper Editors minority intern. She began...


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