Rob Bell: Poets/Prophets/Preachers

This is the complete 2009 film series by pastor/author Rob Bell. Excellent stuff.

Description: “Filmed live in 2009, Poets/Prophets/Preachers is a five part film series devoted to reclaiming the ancient, beautiful, provocative, healing, inspired art form known as the sermon. Over the five talks Rob explores the theological, conceptual, practical and personal dimensions involved in giving a talk, sermon, message, or teaching.”

Part 1: The Original Guerilla Theatre

Part 2: Beginning in the Beginning

Part 3: The Science of Homiletical Architecture

Part 4: Radar Buckets Chunks and the Marinade

Part 5: Death by Paper Cuts

Rob Bell and inner peace

You can think of God as all people and all existence as one great spirit, or however you like. In his book, Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality, Rob Bell says:

“You can’t be connected with God until you’re at peace with who you are. If you’re still upset that God gave you this body or this life or this family or these circumstances, you will never be able to connect with God in a healthy, thriving, sustainable sort of way. You’ll be at odds with your maker. And if you can’t come to terms with who you are and the life you’ve been given, you’ll never be able to accept others and how they were made and the lives they’ve been given. And until you’re at peace with God and those around you, you will continue to struggle with your role on the planet, your part to play in the ongoing creation of the universe. You will continue to struggle and resist and fail to connect.”