Rob Bell, the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church is going on tour. The name of the tour is: The Drop Like Stars Tour. The promotion reads:
We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,
And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way
Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.
How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?
It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…
The Drops Like Stars tour is a two
Hour exploration of the endlessly complex
Relationship between suffering and creativity—
And I’d love to see you there.
Rob Bell
- Is Rob Bell going to speak at all about Jesus Christ, God, the Bible, or salvation? I see no indication that he is from the promo. His website gives no indication that he will be speaking about Jesus Christ. His Facebook page gives no indication that he will be speaking about Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul, on the other hand, went “on tour” three times and never stopped talking about Jesus Christ. Paul said: Act 26:20-23 But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. (21) For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. (22) Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: (23) That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
- Tickets are $20 at the location Rob Bell spoke at in Boston. While that is cheaper than going to concert, it still seems odd to charge admission. The Apostle Paul wrote: 2Thessalonians 3:7-9 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; (8) Neither did we eat any man’s bread for naught; but wrought with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargable to any of you: (9) Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us. The Apostle Paul went to great extents to make sure that he did not present a poor Christian testimony. He worked alongside everyone at Corinth, Thessalonica, Ephesus, etc. He built tents and he did not expect anyone to wait upon him.
- Rob Bell plans to explore the connection between suffering and creativity. There may be a connection, however, God should be central to this conversation. Romans 8:16-18 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: (17) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (18) For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
- The name of the church Rob Bell founded is Mars Hill Bible Church. With a name like that, you would think he would include at least a Bible reference in his promotional materials.
- Keep watching, this what the “church” is evolving into…