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Beginning tomorrow, Patheos is hosting a discussion of Rob Bell’s controversial new book, Love Wins. I’ve posted some opening thoughts already. The fate of non-believers is one of the most challenging issues facing evangelicals today, in part because it tends to divide evangelical on generational, cultural and social-political lines. It also unearths a whole host of related issues, such as the authority of scripture, the work of Christ, and the nature of God. We thought it would be worthwhile to host a conversation and to try to make that conversation as charitable and constructive as possible.

Last night, Bell’s publisher, HarperOne, hosted an event to celebrate the launch of the book today. Bell was interviewed by Lisa Miller, an award-winning writer on religious issues for Newsweek. I will post the entire transcript tomorrow as a part of the Book Club discussion (please bookmark it), but today I wanted to post the parts of the conversation that concern salvation and hell, since the controversy has centered on these issues. So, below is the transcript (it’s not short) of the most important parts for our purposes.

Note: I post this as a resource for the conversation. Feel free to cut and paste, but please link back here. Tomorrow I

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Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

For other uses, see Barack Obama (disambiguation).

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Barack Obama
Official portrait, 2012
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	George W. Bush
Succeeded by	Donald Trump
In office January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008
Preceded by	Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Roland Burris
In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004
Preceded by	Alice Palmer
Succeeded by	Kwame Raoul
Born	Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-08-04) August 4, 1961 (age 63) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
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Barack Hussein Obama II^[a] (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinoi