Helpful Score: 3
Rob Bell relies on his own feelings and opinions over Scripture. Additionally, he relies heavily on ancient Judaisms...which were the beliefs of the pharisees of Jesus' day. I read this as a favor to a friend who was confused by some of what was said. It was a huge disappointment considering the success of this man--but I guess that's not all that surprising in an age when people are led by emotion and the charisma of others as opposed to the hard work of study and research of Scripture.
Naomi D. (nomer15) -
This was my first dive in to a Rob Bell book. Excellent! He draws many good points using tons of Scripture and calls us to look at verses that we may have glossed over. He does a fantastic job of tying together the Old and New Testaments, which has now made me want to do a more thorough reading through my Bible to see the whole story instead of picking select books to read through.
The entire book is a great call to action for the church in America to bust out of their complacency and start being the church to a hurting world. The statistics he quotes are great reminders that we Americans really have it good in this country, despite our complaints otherwise.
It really is time for the church to start living out what we say we believe and start showing that Christians really are different from the rest of the world because we follow a Saviour who is different from the rest of the world.
The entire book is a great call to action for the church in America to bust out of their complacency and start being the church to a hurting world. The statistics he quotes are great reminders that we Americans really have it good in this country, despite our complaints otherwise.
It really is time for the church to start living out what we say we believe and start showing that Christians really are different from the rest of the world because we follow a Saviour who is different from the rest of the world.
