Velvet Elvis - faith resprayed?
Rob Bell is founding pastor of Mars Hill (–with a web site to go ooooh over of course). This recent book is his angle on what living the Christian story might look like in a post modern world. Admitting that he spent his first year at Mars Hill teaching through the book of Leviticus may not strike you as being most relevant, but Rob puts a lot of emphasis on the Jewish context of Jesus the Rabbi and the Old Testament.
His “repainting” of the Christian faith is one which is focused on an earthy kind of discipleship, following the Rabbi. He roots this in an interpretation of the bible that rightly aims to consider its historical context. It is an easy book to read with a lot of personal testimony and illustrations. Pretty too.
Rob probably doesn’t say anything that others haven’t said in their own respray of the faith for the post modern world, but he makes following Jesus sound possible, having brushed off some of the baggage we have accumulated. Rob is also the guy behind the Nooma DVDs. There is also a recent interview with Rob available on Premier TV online.
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Hey,
I am blogging my way through “Velvet Elvis” over at http://ascenttotruth.blogspot.com
We’re probably going to disagree about a few things there but I’d love your input. I’m asking a lot of questions about the book… finding myself disagreeing a fair bit.
You are welcome to join me in conversation there.