If youve read any of his books, or, been an active listener/attender of his church, he actually does note that Jesus was called Rabbi because it means teacher.
@hakman8 very similiar to Shane Williards teaching etc.. But there is not MY TEACHING on this.. they just know the same cultural things of the Jewish life from back then..
...Christ just living and dying simply to be an example for how we should live. I'm not saying he never has, but I've wathced many of his vids and never heard him talking about the atoning effecect of Christ's death. If he has it has gotten drowned out with social programs and New Age jargon.
@TrUxAzNx Yeah, talk about messing up the very foundation of Christianity.....Peter fell to Jesus feet and said "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man". Bell makes it seem as if Peter stood upright with full confidence in himself.... The apostles were worms and wretched men, but that is exactly why they were chosen; they understood they were evil and knew they depended on God.
Wait......Jesus thought they were...good???? I swear I recall Jesus telling John and James "You do not know what spirit you are of" and directly calling Peter "Satan" for tempting him. The apostles were worms and wretched heathen, but the glorious thing is they recognized this fact and their dependence upon God. They did not think they were good, that was Judas....
Was Jesus really an official Rabbi? I thought he was a carpenter. Which would mean then that he did not have what it took to follow any of the existing rabbi's. .. Anyway, he shouldn't because he was God, and the Father ordained him, but just to know... was he an official Rabbi?
what a shame that Rob does not mention that everything he says is actually RAY VANDER LAAN's material which is available free of charge at Ray's website. Rob is simply doing a scaled down lesson of stuff that Ray spends several hours teaching on. The "FRIEND" Rob mentions who went to jewish seminary and didn't have scripture memorized is Ray Vander Laan himself. Come on bro, if you're gonna borrow someone else's material, at least have the courtesy to mention him....borderline plagiarism.
I went to a church who manipulated this "covered in the dust" teaching to create a cult-like shepherding/Hebrew roots movement. In theory it sounds great, but the application creates something not of God
@rianpop Spirit? I don't think I've ever heard another preacher EVER stress the importance of the Holy Spirit more than RB. Which is why, the sin that can't be forgiven is blasphemy against The Holy Spirit. Forgive Rob Bell for not stressing the fear of the lord, & 80% of the time the words God and fear are in the same sentence, the original Hebrew word for it, is awe or reverence. God is Love has no other meanings, the text in Hebrew is the same in every language.
So, you don't consider this man's good news, because of the most small and in-significant mistake? Is that what you were doing while you were watching this entire video? Instead of absorbing the word of god, you judge and slam down your gavel. You remind me alot of the pharissees' that were always finding fault in Jesus. "I resisted coming here, to open the harbors that guard my heart" (Jeremiah 23:24) Open your harbors to the teachings, not facts...knowledge does nothing for GOD.
This is just one example of how he continually misinterprets Scripture and pulls verses out of context. If this were a rare instance of poor hermanutic I could overlook it, but he constantly twists Scripture, making it all about helping your fellow man and not about the atoning work of Christ that paid for our sins. Don't get me wrong, we are commisioned to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. But he has made that the primary, and changed Christ taking the place for our sins to...
