I can read!
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I am reading a book by a guy named Rob Bell. The book is called "Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith". I would say I am about halfway through. This is a guy who says he stumbled into his current gig as a pastor of a church in grand rapids michigan. his sole purpose is to make people understand, feel, know, experience God. I am not just talking about the book, i am talking about what it appears to be is is purpose in life. the book takes a walk down the path of looking at the christain faith in a way that questions everything. which for some would be considered heresy or blasphemy. I have read reviews of the book where people are outraged with some of his claims. I think he is just taking it all back down to what the "christian" life was supposed to be. He is stripping things down, asking questions and taking a good hard look at what the faith has become to many many people. I personally can relate to things he refers to about people who have grown up going to church and then walking away, because the only truth they ( I ) have ever known is what was spoon fed/beat into the minds of the youth group. So I guess what I'm saying here, is...I am half way through this book, people have been slamming the book, and raving about the book. Me, i think there is truth in it, I also think there are things that need to be questioned and probed...I really do not think he wrote to be the christian handbook for a new generation. I think he wrote it to make you think. probe. question. and experience the christian faith in a deeper way...
this is my 2 cents.
I am reading a book by a guy named Rob Bell. The book is called "Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith". I would say I am about halfway through. This is a guy who says he stumbled into his current gig as a pastor of a church in grand rapids michigan. his sole purpose is to make people understand, feel, know, experience God. I am not just talking about the book, i am talking about what it appears to be is is purpose in life. the book takes a walk down the path of looking at the christain faith in a way that questions everything. which for some would be considered heresy or blasphemy. I have read reviews of the book where people are outraged with some of his claims. I think he is just taking it all back down to what the "christian" life was supposed to be. He is stripping things down, asking questions and taking a good hard look at what the faith has become to many many people. I personally can relate to things he refers to about people who have grown up going to church and then walking away, because the only truth they ( I ) have ever known is what was spoon fed/beat into the minds of the youth group. So I guess what I'm saying here, is...I am half way through this book, people have been slamming the book, and raving about the book. Me, i think there is truth in it, I also think there are things that need to be questioned and probed...I really do not think he wrote to be the christian handbook for a new generation. I think he wrote it to make you think. probe. question. and experience the christian faith in a deeper way...
this is my 2 cents.
posted by mike at 9:16 AM
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