A review by jonscott9
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell

3.0

Best to come in without expectations, or too-high ones anyway. For all that I'd heard of this book, I expected some manifesto on par with Lewis's Mere Christianity. In reality, a lot of Rob Bell's ideas are good, but they're nothing startling or new. My favorite passage actually has to do with the concept of heaven coming down and enveloping earth when this world is through. Interesting thoughts, and his style and personality are fresh, but on the whole I wanted more, I guess. Maybe this is what I get for checking out a book a couple years after the bandwagon's crossed the finish line.