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Rob Bell (pastor Mars Hill Bible Church right here in GR) is getting no love,  on the heels of the release of his new book Velvet Elvis (read a review)

First a couple of local atheists interviewed by our local newspaper described it this way 

smelled "kind of like going into Bath & Body Works." Matt Wylie found the sermon high on "hipster language" and adept at "co-opting pop culture," but low on Biblical substance. 

"It had a kind of pop psychology, Dr. Phil kind of feel to it," Wylie said. "A repeated mantra of ‘Jesus cares, Jesus wants to help,’ with no real explanation."  (read the full article)

Then dry bones goes on a rant (why I hate rob bell) about Rob’s success. This fella is getting no  love.

Some of the reviews over at Amazon have been harsh branding the book heretical. James Littell catalogs some of the criticisms in a review of the book on his blog

Now I don’t know Rob at all, (I blew my chance to meet him recently at a gathering of local pastors) but he is a very good story teller based on his nooma videos and I know (despite the fact and most of his 10,000is 10,000
English: Contemporary English Version (1999) - CEV
Štetje svetopisemskih vrstic se začne z ¹! Vrstica ⁰ ne obstaja!

are church transfers, and he started with several hundred, and tons of cash) he has reached some people with is approach and had been a transforming influence in many lives.

So if he is preaching Jesus Christ crucified who am I to beef about his success? I know that it has brought him problems that I would not care to have.

So maybe folks should lighten up and not be haters

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