Rob Bell

Rob Bell is a genius. I read his book Velvet Elvis recently. It talks about a lot of things. One of the most interesting involves a brick wall and a trampoline. Yea. Two really separate things. The basic idea is, though, that we as Christians should have faith like a trampoline. A trampoline has springs. Now, these springs help us jump. These springs are like our beliefs. The thing is, if we lose one of these springs, the entire trampoline doesn't fall down. If one of our beliefs fall out of place, say, Mary is undoubtedly found to not be a virgin when she birthed Jesus, we still are able to jump on the trampoline. It doesn't stop us from being Christians. Jesus is still Jesus.

What we shouldn't be, though, is a brick wall. If one brick falls out, the entire brick wall falls down. And, to add to that, we often find ourselves defending a brick wall. I doubt you've ever heard of someone defending a trampoline. In fact, you would often find people with a trampoline inviting people to jump with them.

This is just a short part of an amazing book. If you haven't read it, read it now, even if you are not religious. I promise you will get something out of it.