2011 will always be remembered as the year of the "hell debate." Last year saw a torrent of writing that rattled the popular evangelical conception of heaven and hell, such as Rob Bell's <em>Love Wins</em>, Jonathan Brink's <em>Discovering the God Imagination</em>, and Jimmy Spencer Jr's <em>Love Without Agenda, </em>among many others. The one positive result upon which Christians on all sides of the debate can hopefully agree is that last year was a year of vigorous theological reflection through which we have hopefully started to separate some of the eternal wheat of God's truth fr

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1) Is God's primary agenda to <em>love humanity</em> or <em>glorify Himself</em>?

2) Is God's justice primarily <em>retributive</em> or <em>restorative</em>?

3) Is God's holiness an <em>intolerance for imperfection</em> or an <em>intolerable perfection</em>?

4) Is the cross supposed to change <em>God's mind about us</em> or change <em>our minds about God?</em>

5) Are we saved <em>by</em> proving something to God or does God save us <em>from</em> having something to prove?

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