The Saga Continues: an interview with martin bashir about his interview with rob bell…
I truthfully thought I had wrapped up all my posts about the whole Rob Bell ordeal. However, this evening I got a comment on my previous post about Martin Bashir’s interview with Rob Bell, linking to a radio interview of Bashir on the Paul Edwards Program.
Although I had never heard of Paul Edwards before, I thought it would be worth a listen considering all of the discussion that the last post brought up. This is quite a long radio interview but it was very interesting.
So for the sake of following this story I thought I would pass along the link to all of you who are following the saga.
To listen to the interview simply click the link below.
Paul Edwards’ interview with Martin Bashir
image via Paul Edwards’ “God and Country” blog
Posted on March 22nd, 2011 by David | 7 Comments »
I’m about 15 minutes into it and I like Martin Bashir’s approach. He was tough on Rob Bell in a respectful, intellectual way without being rude or allowing emotion to rule the discussion.
A classic debate.
I enjoyed listening to the interview. Bashir seemed pretty candid and really seems to have a grip on the situation.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Martin Bashir after listening to this interview. What an incredibly sound presentation of the errors of Bell’s message, and from someone who was raised outside the Christian faith, no less. Great example of someone who is unwilling to bend the message we’ve been entrusted to make it more inviting or palatable. Thanks for posting this, Dave.
Thanks for jumping into the conversation Ryan. I agree Martin Bashir did a great job of addressing the concerns about Bell’s book. I had never really listen to him much before but thought it was a great interview.
ryan,
In fact, Bashir is a Christian not “outside the Christian faith.” A 2003 Guardian article about him states,
“Friends of Bashir say his background has played an important influence in his career. His brother died from severe muscular dystrophy, and his father suffered from psychiatric problems; his wife counsels terminally ill patients. He is a committed Christian, and has three children. “He uses all that experience in quite a positive way,” says one friend.”
I respect him a lot too – I think that, in interviewing Rob Bell, Bashir is perhaps acting as a “defender of the faith and does not want to see Christian doctrine whittled away.
I really enjoyed the interview as well and thought that Bashir did a great job.
In response to Curt, yes he is a committed Christian, but he shared in the interview that he was raised in the Muslim faith.
Thanks for jumping in the conversation Valerie. I agree that Bashir did a good job and I find his religious history to be pretty interesting.