Near the end of that post I suggested that, if push came to shove, many students today would choose loyalty to their friends — over and above their loyalty to God.
The reason?
Because they cannot conceive of a God that would subject their non-believing friends to an eternity of pain, suffering and separation from God.
Many of today’s college students, much like Bell (and plenty of others), believe (or want to believe — or need to believe) that God will make a way for those people who do not confess Jesus as Lord during their time here on earth.
I don’t know how many college students have taken the time to pick up Bell’s Love Wins, let alone read it, over the course of a busy spring term… but this summer, if they do, I think we’ll find that many of them will more or less fall into agreement with much of what Bell has to say.
And it makes perfect sense, really.
We’ve become a global community — and few know this better than our students.