Rob
Bell, Mars Hill and Velvet Elvis
—Repainting the Christian Faith
"We're
rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of
life."—Rob
Bell, Teaching Pastor Mars Hill Bible Church from The
Emergent Mystique, CT
"He
[Bell]described breath as a form of prayer and urged
people to relax and "breathe out" all of their anger and stress
from the past week."
—David
Crumm, Getting to the root of religion
Will the Next Billy
Graham Be a Mystic?
In
a recent Chicago Sun-Times article, the headline reads, "The
Next Billy Graham?" At first glance, someone like Rick Warren
or Luis Palau (both of whom have been mentioned to take the
place of Graham), might come to mind. But neither of those names
was mentioned in the article. Instead, a popular emerging church
leader, Rob Bell, was named as the possible replacement. While
that may seem like a far-fetched notion to many, the article
quotes emerging leader Brian McLaren as saying it "could very
well be true." Read this entire article.
Rob
Bell's church linking to Mars Hill Graduate
School Mars Hill Graduate School - Promoting contemplative prayer
and the emerging church.
FAITH
IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
What would Jesus watch?
"Some guys in Grand Rapids figured out a hot new way to package
practical spiritual messages as DVD movies that give you an inspirational
jump-start in 12 minutes or less. Most people have never heard of
them or the odd name they've chosen for this line of films: NOOMA.
But they seem to be on the verge of taking the religious publishing
world by storm." Read
rest of article.
The
Subversive Art
Drawing from the prophets, the rabbis, and Jesus to confront
the culture. Interview
with Rob Bell
Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that
uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness
(the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped
in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality
is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common
terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the
silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom,"
"spiritual disciplines," and many others.
"Nor
is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name [Jesus
Christ] under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4: 12
