Book: Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Elvis-Repai...

We know there's something more. We sense it, we feel it, and we want it. But how do we find it---a spirituality that stands up to the questions of an honest, searching mind? 'This book is for those who need a fresh take on Jesus and what it means for us to live the kind of life he teaches us t...

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I got this book from our public library. What a gem it is. In so many ways, I feel that I was reading myself even when I have only gone one fifth way of this book. It is good to have company when on your own, over the years you felt that you have been led down paths different from the familiar preaching of the pulpits I have become familiar. One of the effects is shown in my angry posting about Vivian Balakrishnan. Yet another one would be my entry under "faith in tolerance" in early April.

The early pages of the books already resonates with me the stuff I often explain to the kids on most weekends.

 I don't think it is easy to buy this book but many copies are available as follows:

Where to find it Branch Location Date Call Number Status Ang Mo Kio Public Library ____ 29-05-09 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Bedok Public Library ____ 14-10-09 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Choa Chu Kang Public Library ____ 21-02-10 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Jurong Regional Library ____ 27-07-10 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Queenstown Public Library ____ 29-05-11 English 261 BEL On Loan Sembawang Public Library ____ 08-02-11 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Toa Payoh Public Library ____ 14-02-11 English 261 BEL Not on Loan Woodlands Regional Library ____ 05-05-11 English 261 BEL On Loan Yishun Public Library ____ 29-05-11 English 261 BEL On Loan

Update: May 20th 6am

Finished the book last night before bedtime. Sadhu Sundar Singh was right that you do not need to master Greek and Hebrew. They are very helpful if you do. In so many ways this book was familiar and also unfamiliar. The writer has a good grasp of Hebrew and Jewish practices in Jesus time. He used it to explain his case very well. That is what I missed. However the conclusions are the same! God is a living God,

Update: June 5

All the copies are available. Would be better if they were checked out. Had recommended it to some people but they are probably not persuaded. I am not surprised at all. This is just so us.