Comments on: Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2008/07/11/book-review-velvet-elvis-by-rob-bell/ Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:48:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Tony http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2008/07/11/book-review-velvet-elvis-by-rob-bell/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Tony Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.com/?p=84#comment-555 Chad -<br/><br/>Thanks for coming by. I hope the vacation is going great.<br/><br/>Bell's books is challenging which is good.<br/><br/>What I find myself questioning is, do I have to have the same knowledge of Hebrew and Greek to really discern what a Christian leader is saying? Probably so, but I have a full-time job already.<br/><br/>My point is that just because doctrine is being discussed in community does not mean it can't have the same dangers of leading people astray as doctrine studied on your own.<br/><br/>If the leader is much more knowledgeable then the others can be led astray.<br/><br/>I'm speaking theoretical, I'm not referring to Bell. Chad -

Thanks for coming by. I hope the vacation is going great.

Bell’s books is challenging which is good.

What I find myself questioning is, do I have to have the same knowledge of Hebrew and Greek to really discern what a Christian leader is saying? Probably so, but I have a full-time job already.

My point is that just because doctrine is being discussed in community does not mean it can’t have the same dangers of leading people astray as doctrine studied on your own.

If the leader is much more knowledgeable then the others can be led astray.

I’m speaking theoretical, I’m not referring to Bell.

]]> By: chadholtz http://www.seekingabove.org/blog/2008/07/11/book-review-velvet-elvis-by-rob-bell/comment-page-1/#comment-554 chadholtz Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:37:00 +0000 http://www.seekingabove.com/?p=84#comment-554 Tony-<br/>This is one of my favorite books of all time. I read it when it first came out and it launched me on a journey of spiritual renewal that is still teaching and challenging me. <br/><br/>The idea that we should always be reforming can be an uncomfortable one. I wonder, however, if we have become a bit too comfortable about faith. Faith should always be making us uncomfortable, shouldn't it? Bell does well, I think, to point out how this reforming must always be done in community, NEVER alone and in some form of privatized religion, bolstered by much prayer and reliance on the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into Truth. <br/><br/>I am reading Peter Gomes' new book, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and he says much the same thing. The gospel ought to always be propelling us into life, into life today and tomorrow, rather than keeping us stuck in the past. The Good News is that there is hope for tomorrow and we do not have to be hostages to the way things have always been.<br/><br/>hope you are well,<br/>Chad Tony-
This is one of my favorite books of all time. I read it when it first came out and it launched me on a journey of spiritual renewal that is still teaching and challenging me.

The idea that we should always be reforming can be an uncomfortable one. I wonder, however, if we have become a bit too comfortable about faith. Faith should always be making us uncomfortable, shouldn’t it? Bell does well, I think, to point out how this reforming must always be done in community, NEVER alone and in some form of privatized religion, bolstered by much prayer and reliance on the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into Truth.

I am reading Peter Gomes’ new book, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and he says much the same thing. The gospel ought to always be propelling us into life, into life today and tomorrow, rather than keeping us stuck in the past. The Good News is that there is hope for tomorrow and we do not have to be hostages to the way things have always been.

hope you are well,
Chad

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