Reviews

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell

ejpreads's review against another edition

5.0

Will listen and read again, and probably again. Delightful and honest.

brittishliterature's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Refreshing and inspiring. I am loving listening to Rob’s audiobooks right now, and I really liked this one!

chrisleesounds's review against another edition

4.0

If you are a Christian and want to be challenged--this is the book for you. This book pushes most individuals beyond much of what they have thought before about God, the universe, and ourselves. If you are not a Christian, this book can show you that not all Christians are as ridiculous and uncaring as the media shows them to be and some Christians actually are.

mrsbrewcrew's review against another edition

4.0

I read this book the first time during a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. I read it as one who was famished & I had the time to take in small chunks & digest it mentally throughout the day. Now, about 5 years later, I am re-reading this title with a women's small group. Much has changed in my life since my initial reading of this title & I'm curious to see how differently I'm affected given how my circumstances & perspectives have changed.

greaydean's review

4.0

Rob continues to encourage me to grow.
And I grow.
Thank you.

travelingkayte's review against another edition

4.0

Recommend by a friend. I enjoyed this book and the perspective it offered regarding how some Christians choose to interrupt their faith in this very complex world.

As an agnostic I often wonder what draws people to organized religion and especially a religion with such a troubled past. This book was a beautiful look behind one of many curtains that make up Christianity today.

I firmly believe we can find truths and best practices for our lives is a variety of places not just in the practices of those like us. Two take aways I got from this book were, first the confirmation that it is only by examining and addressing our beliefs formulated at an early age can we become better and more whole adults interacting with the world from a place or wholeness. Second, a weekly practice of taking time for oneself and intentionally being non productive allows us to appropriate life and interact with the world in a more positive way.

liann24's review against another edition

3.0

Snazzy and hip packaging, and that was the most interesting part. But I still appreciate the premise that Christians should not isolate themselves and wall off the compound. I hope the Mars Hill movement doesn't do this in a figurative way that is unrecognizable to those that are in it.

thebelovedreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

holdenehlinger's review against another edition

5.0

Reread 5 years later and i think i enjoyed it even more this time. There is something about the way Rob Bell describes faith in this book that resonates so deeply with me. I will carry the analogy of faith made of bricks or trampoline springs with me. Thankful this book written almost twenty years ago exists and is still resonating with me today.

afarre01's review

4.0

This book was a lot like [b:Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road|29597|Through Painted Deserts Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road|Donald Miller|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349076250s/29597.jpg|3207354] which is one of my favorites of all time. I liked the writing style and didn't have a big problem with Bell's theology like many other reviewers(probably because I haven't gone to church in a couple years).

I will definitely read it again and see what I think after that.