Chances are you were raised or have been exposed to a culture that believes a portion of humanity will spend eternity in a place of torment (some version of ever-lasting hell). 

Though it’s possible that there is some sort of painful after-death period, it seems foolish to think that a loving God would create any soul knowing that he or she will spend eternity in a place of torment.

In A Christmas Carol, Dickens has Scrooge face the pain he inflicted on others. It’s possible that something similar happens to us when we die, but who knows.

And what happens to Scrooge? He is confronted with the pain of his actions and is moved with compassion. If God is real, would his love not be powerful enough to melt the hardest of hearts, in this life or the next? Would there be anyone strong enough to resist?

I never read Rob Bell’s book, but I think the title might be correct, Love Wins. There’s nothing my daughter could ever do that would cause me to send her to a place of eternal torment. How much less willing would a loving God be?