Book Review

I just finished Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. Now Rob is a pastor in Grand Rapids Michigan. To be honest I was not sure if anything good could come out of Michigan (just kidding, I mean after all I came out of Michigan), but Rob's book is simply that, good.
I was challenged and intrigued. There were a few parts that I did not agree with, but I think if I agreed with everything I read I would be but a mindless drone looking for the next piece of literature to condone my way of thinking. Rob didn't do that. Velvet Elvis made me.....forced me....to view and look at things from the Bible in a totally different light. In fact he made me look at the Bible itself in a totally different light. Then on top of that I was running the other day and I was listening to Andy Stanley and he said, "The Bible is equally God inspired, but it is not equally applicable." It took me a few blocks to unpack that statement but it really made me think.
Rob's book did the same. It's a thinker. I will have to admit I liked the first half way better than the second, but it was definitely a good read. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wanted to consider the repainting of the Christian faith in the 22nd century.