NEW YORK (ABP) -- On the eve of the release of his controversial book on hell, Rob Bell sat on stage March 14 opposite Newsweek editor Lisa Miller under a wood-etching that read, "The Place Where People Meet to Seek the Highest is Holy Ground."
Dressed in black denim and high-top sneakers, Bell stood and faced the
crowd who gathered Monday night at New York's Society for Ethical
Culture on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The cameras that connected those
streaming via Internet were rolling as he spoke.
"I believe that God is love," he began, "and I believe that Jesus came
to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us about this love,
so that we could live in this love and then we could extend it to
others."
