{"id":4049,"date":"2006-10-09T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-09T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:26:51","slug":"audio-listen-to-rob-bell-on-breath-prayer-noomas-yoga-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/audio-listen-to-rob-bell-on-breath-prayer-noomas-yoga-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO: Listen to Rob Bell on Breath Prayer, Noomas, Yoga and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More and more concerned parents are contacting Lighthouse Trails, telling us that their teens (in church and Christian schools) are being introduced to the writings and the films (Noomas) of Rob Bell. Listen to this sermon by Rob Bell, whose new book, <em>Sex God<\/em>, will be released next spring. On this sermon, Bell leads the audience through a meditation exercise and talks about various aspects of contemplative spirituality. Please use caution when listening to this audio file (not suitable for children). <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151028233731\/http:\/\/blogs.echurchnetwork.net\/Newsletter\/permalink\/00003.aspx\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Link to audio file &#8211; scroll part way down the page<\/span><\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070806193137\/http:\/\/blogs.echurchnetwork.net\/Assets\/UserBlog\/314\/052905.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our research on Rob Bell:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/robbell.htm\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Rob Bell &#8211; Repainting the Christian Faith<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/newsletters\/2006\/newsletter061106.htm#article1\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Will the Next Billy Graham Be a Mystic?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/breathprayer.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Breath Prayers<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life.&#8221;- <strong>Rob Bell<\/strong>, Teaching Pastor Mars Hill Bible Church from &#8220;The Emergent Mystique&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more concerned parents&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[2929],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemplative-denominations","tag-yoga","wpcat-167-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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