I saw this piece today on John MacArthur’s blog, and thought it was relevant to this discussion–it’s the beginning of his take (first post in a series) on the error of making God’s love his only, or primary, defining attribute.
Since His glory is the great design of His eternal plan, and since all that He has revealed about Himself is essential to His glory, we must not ignore any aspect of His character. We cannot magnify His love to the exclusion of His other attributes.
(emphasis added)
No less a publication than the New York Times published a major editorial on this subject over the weekend:
It is sadly (but unsurprisingly) full of ad hominem argumentation, and seems to serve as a teaser for the author’s latest book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation.
There are no doubt other thoughtful responses, but Al Mohler dealt with this piece at some length on The Briefing this morning:
This is a very important theological matter, but I do not think it should be conducted in a C. S. Lewis email discussion group. Discussing this matter here is relevant only if we discuss how Lewis’s theological view on this affected the writing of his stories.
Forrest