book review vol. three: Velvet Elvis

by D.O.


I know it’s hard to believe, but face it kids: I’ve actually read three entire books in the past month. Those of you who know what a poor reader I am are still re-reading the first sentence of this blog in disbelief, and will continue to do so until they get tired and close their web browser. So, the Velvet Elvis review will be for the rest of you. I read this book because it came highly recommended from a person whose opinions I respect. It was written by Rob Bell who is the pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church over there in Michigan. The subtitle of the book is “Repainting Christian Faith” and I think the best way to describe it would be to compare it to the writings of Don Miller. Bell says plenty of things in this book that I don’t agree with, but he also says things that are really good. One of my favorites is his discussion on the fact that just because we label something as “Christian” doesn’t mean that it is true; and just because something lacks the “Christian” label doesn’t mean it is not true. So that’s that. Not a bad book, but certainly not my favorite. Go read Irresistible Revolution. It’s way better.

note: I’m sorry that my blog has recently become a boring book review blog. I’ll get to work on that…