Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
by Rob Bell
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Author: Rob BellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-01
ISBN: 0310273080
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Zondervan
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Book Review: Provocative, Careless, Confusing
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is provocative and well-written (and likeable for those reasons). You can't help but enjoy Bell with his edgy, self-consciously authentic, loose-cannon style. He raises some good questions about lots of things and makes you think outside the box, which is always good for me (and usually a bit uncomfortable).
But he's also a bit careless. Some of his questions leave you with big questions about what he really thinks about some pretty important core doctrines. He's also unfair - in using analogies that misrepresent what a lot of good, solid theologians of a more traditional ilk really say or think. (If you've read it, the brick wall vs. trampoline analogy is a case in point.)
Finally, he sends confusing signals. It boggles my mind that he give an unqualified recommendation of books by John Piper on one hand and makes positve, unqualified references to J. Dominic Crossan, on the other. That just seems careless to me. I can't imagine giving an unqualififed recommendation of something written by a member of the Jesus Seminar.
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God never changes, nor do the central truths of Christianity. But our understanding of those truths is in constant flux. Christians will always be exploring and discovering what it means to live in harmony with God and each other. Now in softcover, Velvet Elvis offers original and refreshingly personal perspectives on what Christianity is really about.Children's Books
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