Velvet Elvis

[Bondservant]

Has anyone read this book? I have had a few people mention that it was great, especially to get information on the Hebrew\Jewish meaning behind many of the parables and situations at the time Jesus was on this earth. They say it is a wonderful way to understand some of this.

But, I have a website I go to called the Discerning Reader where they give a review on the different Christian books, and they do not recommend it. Mainly because they claim that #1, it isn't good reading or worth your time, and #2 that the author seems to suggest that core Christian viewpoints change as the times change (the first thought that came to my mind was homosexual marriage and abortion).

I just wanted to know if anyone has actually read this book and what they think of it.

Thanks, Melissa

[ohiogirlcm]

Hi! My husband and I used to have a young adult group for 18-30 year olds when this book was really popular, like maybe 4 years ago. Several of them were interested in the book and questioning us about our thoughts on it. At that time a movement called the Immergent Church was/still is becoming really popular. Rob Bell I believe is the author of Velvet Elvis. I have not read it, but my husband has read it in part. There is actually a quote in the book that the author questions if the Bible is the best God has. My husband and many other godly men/women that I know believe this book to be heresy. With a lot of the immergent church teachings, it's mostly geared towards young people, and it challenges them to test things (even the Bible) and change their thinking. I also know a girl that I coached at a Christian school that listens to some of this author's teachings and others in the immergent chuch movement, and she married her girlfriend that she met in a Christian college. She actually is convinced that the Bible was interpreted wrong from the Greek and that homosexuality is not wrong. God and His Word haven't changed over time even though society has. I would strongly caution anyone from seeking out this book or ones like it, in my humble opinion.