I would love to expose some of my unbelieving friends to Everything is Spiritual. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that I live in post-Christian Sheffield rather than the far more Christianized culture of Grand Rapids. This, though, presents something of a problem for me which is that I’m not sure when I might use it. It seems to be aimed at secular people and be a first invitation to consider God.

But this is not what Bell is trying to do. This means if you judge it as a complete gospel presentation then it is clearly deficient. Bell ends with an invitation to feel the awe of creation and connect with the Creator. So there’s no mention of sin or redemption. Bell also has a habit (common also in the Nooma videos) of quoting Rabbinic scholarship (far more than he quotes Christian scholarship) which makes me wonder how he views Jews who have not put their faith in Jesus as the Messiah.Įverything is Spiritual is, in effective, the doctrine of creation presented evangelistically. It’s a product of his desire to communicate to contemporary people. But I think Bell is merely trying to express the exuberant joy of God in creation. To say that God couldn’t help creating, for example, would lead eventually to process theology. They are more potentially dangerous trajectories than problematic theological errors. There are one or two points on which you could pick Bell up on what he says. If you want to find God then you will find traces of the divine.

If you want to be cynical then you will find evidence for your cynicism. What we look for is what we find, he suggests. Bell ends with a version of presuppositional apologetics. He critiques the body-spirit dualism of some Christians, but his main point is to invite secular people to recognise the spiritual nature of human existence. Written into the text, he argues, is a command to stop our restless busyness and contemplate the spiritual. The idea that there are realities we cannot comprehend brings Bell back to Genesis 1 and his central assertion that everything is spiritual. He invites us to image how people in a two dimensional universe would encounter a three dimensional object: they would lack the conceptual framework to comprehend it, but some might nevertheless intuitively sense what it was. As Bell goes deeper into modern particle physics he introduces the idea that there might be more dimensions that those in which we live (the claim made by proponents of string theory).

The aim seems to be to make us marvel at the universe God has created with a hint at a sort of intelligent design or cosmological argument for God’s existence. Some Nooma films I love (‘Lump’ is my favourite) others are not much more than pop psychology.īell starts by unpacking the creation ‘poem’ of Genesis 1 before moving into an extended riff time on the wonders being discovered by modern science. Rob Bell is founding pastor of Mars Hill in Grand Rapids and the presenter of the short Nooma films. That’s what you get with Rob Bell’s Everything is Spiritual DVD. Podcastġ3 FM Radio stations located throughout Idaho, Wyoming and NevadaĬlick to see the Broadcast Schedule or call 1-80 and a Voice of Faith will assist.Īudio Only feed of the Live Home Channel 24/7One man on an empty stage save for a massive whiteboard and a marker pen talking to an audience for 75 minutes. Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D. Over 1.1 million minutes watched last month. Over 500 videos - Sunday Services, Festivals of Faith, Music Videos and Teaching Nuggets. Pastor's Classroom / On demand teaching sermons and series teaching The Live Home Channel and Live Audio Stream for your desktop or Smart Phone - Android and Apple Search Pastor Melissa Scott in your App for the Live Home Channel 24/7 Search Pastor Melissa Scott in your App store UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE App for Smart Phones - Android and AppleĪccess Live streams and special features. ROKU - Search: Understand the Bible or Pastor Melissa ScottĪMAZON FIRE TV - Search: Understand the Bible or Pastor Melissa Scott TV Broadcast Premier on Thursdays at 7:00 PM PT. Live Sunday Service is rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM PT.

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