Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith [Import] [Paperback]

Rob Bell (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 18 and up

When the Jesus revolution exploded in the first century, its members were called People of The Way. The way of Jesus---the way of love and peace and sharing your possessions and compassion and risk and forgiveness and harmony. The Way. Today, millions in our world continue to be fascinated with Jesus and his teachings, but are scared to death of his followers. If the Christian movement in Western culture does not rediscover its origins as a way of living and relating to the world, to God, and to our neighbors, it may likely die in the next few generations. The days of repeating the same propositions, beating people over the head with statements about hell, and claiming authority over people because of some sort of moral imperative are over. Christians, and many others, have written plenty of books about the shifts that have caused the dramatic decline in the effectiveness of the Christian message in our culture. While their analysis is often penetrating and right on---especially in the areas of postmodern philosophy and its effect on how we understand the nature of truth and belief---that's not what this book is about. This book is an exploration of what it looks like to actually try to live in The Way of Jesus again---in a world so dramatically different from the early years of Christianity. So what does the Christian faith look like in the new world we find ourselves in? Not theories, but stories. Not guesses about the direction it might take, but accounts about what directions it IS taking. Not brainstorms, but a pastor writing about his experience. Even more, what does it look like for the ancient, orthodox message of Jesus to be communicated and lived in such a way that a highly wired and cynical culture might actually start listening again? This is a book for those who know there's a God. For those who know that truth, beauty, design, and love come from somewhere, but they cannot stomach the current versions of God they find in local churches. For Christians who want a life of risk and movement and revolution, but are not finding it in the places they are looking. For those who want to listen, but don't speak the languages they are hearing.

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About the Author

Rob Bell lives with his family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he's the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church. Rob is the author of Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. He also taught a series of twenty-four short films called NOOMA, a set of five films called The Art of the Sermon, and in a number of tour films: Everything is Spiritual, The Gods Aren't Angry, and Drops Like Stars. Rob Bell es el pastor fundador de la Iglesia Biblica Mars Hill en Grandville, Michigan. Es graduado de la Universidad de Wheaton en Illinois y tiene una maestria en divinidad del Seminario Teologico Fuller en Pasadena, California. Rob es autor de Una obra de arte original, Sexo Dios y Jesus quiere salvar a los cristianos, entre otros. Tambien aparece en la primera serie de peliculas cortas a la que se ha denominado NOOMA. Rob y su esposa, Kristen, tienen tres hijos y residen en Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (August 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310267013
• ISBN-13: 978-0310267010
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #867,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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