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Alright. To follow up the Mosaic Movement Resources as promised, here’s some articles, audio’s and video’s for you Rob Bell fans. I’ve been downloading all of their sermons since back in 2002, but again, to be on the safe side, all links here are just what’s currently available on the web.
For those of you who aren’t up to speed on Rob and Mars Hill, I’d say their the Mac of the megachurch world. clean and simple. Rob Bell’s an excellent communicator who does his homework, especially with contextualizing ancient Jewish culture. Their church is legend for exploding by word of mouth as Bell preached through Leviticus the first year.
Nooma video’s have been the latest craze. People thought I was being silly for spending money on them a few years back. You can borrow them from me if you’re in the area.
I’ll try to keep this resource page up to date, let me know if there’s anything worthwhile that I’m missing. Feel free to share this link on your sites/blogs.

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ARTICLES
Article on Volunteerism at Mars Hill
Ben Witherington reviews one of Rob Bell’s talk
Notes from Sex God Q&A
Excellent resources thanks to aspiringindie
- 50 pages of notes from the “Isn’t She Beautiful” pastor’s conference
- Blog entry and 9 pages of notes on the Sex God tour
- Rob Bell’s recommended reading list
Stats from the Calling all Peacemakers sermon series
Excellent notes from Isn’t She Beautiful 2007 here.
Interview with Christianity Magazine UK Feb ‘07
Great wikipedia biography
Reviews on the Everything is Spiritual tour here, here, and here
Beliefnet interviews Rob Bell
Article on Christianity Today on mhbcmi
Preaching.org review of using Nooma
AUDIO
Last twelve messages at mhbcmi are always here.
Additional archived messages
Beautifully Angry Beautifully Angry mp3 by Rob Bell from EmergingConversation
Rob Bell at Mosaiek Church - Flames of Heaven Flames of Heaven
Rob Bell at Mosaiek Church - Barefoot and breathing Barefoot and breathing
Healthy Grieving Healthy Grieving2005 by Rob Bell
Catalyst interview Catalyst Interview with Rob Bell
Between the trees Between the trees by Rob Bell
Sheep and goats and you and me Sheeps and goats and you and me
Rob Bell interview on episode ten of x3church.com podcast
Jesus Wept Jesus wept
Audio Review of Velvet Elvis
Interview Interview with Rob Bell
Another interview interview with Rob Bell
Communicating Christ in Contemporary Culture Part 1, 2, and 3 1, 2, 3
Suffering: Having nothing and having everything Having nothing and having everything mp3
Transforming History Transforming History - Rob Bell at Rock Harbour. Notes here.
Also here’s a link to the entire Mastering the Art of Living series by Rob Bell. I’m not sure how long this one will be around for. I listened through it back in 2004 I believe and thought it was absolutely phenomenal.
VIDEO
These videos below are all from Willow, links courtesy of Yuling
The Nazarite Vow
Between the Trees
We’re over here
Jesus and Domitian
A Day of Atonement
Covered in the Dust of the Rabbi
Full videos from the Nooma series (I’m surprised it lasted this long, looks like some of the videos have been removed. Feel free to let me know if you find alternative links).
Rain
Flame
Sunday
Noise
Kickball
Luggage
Dust
Bullhorn
Lump
Rhythm
Matthew
Rich
Breathe
Clip from the Everything is Spiritual Tour
Clip from Sex God tour in Michigan
Video not of Rob Bell, but one of the “Way of the Master” guys in response to the Bullhorn Nooma.
Video by youthwork.co.uk did an excellent video interview with Rob Bell, asking tough questions on how the church really started, emergent labels, and not becoming Ted Haggard. Hosted by premier.tv here.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mars Hill bible Church
Nooma clips and study guides - You can by the DVD’s here
Isn’t she beautiful - seminar for leaders celebrating the local church January 2007
Velvet Elvis - First book
Sex God - Second book
Calling All Peacemakers European Tour
Rob’s new tour on “Sex God” with a pdf of the 1st chapter! Thanks Lacey
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November 17, 2006 at 11:58 am
ebrian
I’ve heard people call Rob Bell the modern-day Billy Graham.
November 17, 2006 at 1:56 pm
deana
wow Thanks Lon!
November 17, 2006 at 2:03 pm
tony sheng
awesome stuff - thanks for posting it!
Msg #1 of that Communicating Christ in Contemporary Culture series is an incredible talk - I have given it away to a mess of people and listen to it every few months…..
November 18, 2006 at 8:41 am
Lon
Hey eBrian, yeah there was an article out comparing the two a while back, but looks like it’s been archived and inaccessible to the public.
If anyone knows of any other resources out there, i’d be more than happy to add them to this list.
Tony, thanks for the tip. with all the goods i’ve got, i’ve yet to have a chance to listen to that one. I’ll definitely be shortly!
November 20, 2006 at 12:13 pm
martyschmidt
Favorite Rob Bell quote, “Are you smok’in what you’re selling” in reference to Christian Leadership.
November 20, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Lon
Hey Marty, that’s definitely one of my all time favorite quotes from Bell. I’ve used it once or twice myself in a message. I think I’ve read Brian McLaren quoting that one too before.
November 30, 2006 at 6:34 pm
lacey
wow, thanks for this. i heard the willow creek series once and am glad to have them at my disposal again, they were my first intro to rob and i loved them. i am going to the conference in january and am really, really pumped about it
December 17, 2006 at 3:00 am
mike
thanks for all these links– some really great stuff out there! i was wondering if anyone has been able to listen to “mastering the art of living”? i downloaded the huge file, only to be asked for a password to unzip the file…
December 17, 2006 at 9:20 am
Lon
Hey Mike, I haven’t downloaded this one myself… I downloaded it years ago when it was available on the mhbcmi website. i found this link off of some message board.
i did jot down the password though, try selfdevelop.info
and Lacey, that’s awesome that you’re going. I can’t make it, so be sure to jot down plenty of notes and post’em! hopefully they do it again and I”ll make my way there.
December 17, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Lacey
for sure
they will definitely be posted for all to enjoy.
December 23, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Dan
Lon,
Thanks for listing all of this! I’m a big Rob Bell fan and I’m trying to gather a collection of his audio & video resources.
I missed the Flames of Heaven series at Mars Hill’s website. Is the one you have here the same but all in one file? The one from Mars Hill was at least a 2 part sermon series, of which I only have the first one.
Thanks!
-Dan
December 23, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Lon
Hey Dan, the flames of heaven listed here is more of a summary message Bell did at another church.
It was originally a four-part series actually. I don’t see it available on their website for purchase, I suppose I could email it to you if you’d like..?
January 24, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Ryan
The Rob Bell Nooma video links aren’t working, could you send me them plz at ryanmcluen@yahoo.com. I am interested in watching them, because I have only seen 1 or 2
January 24, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Lacey
hey. check out sexgodtour.com for info about rob’s upcoming university tour in feb/march. it also includes a download of the first chapter of the new book!
January 25, 2007 at 12:03 am
Lon
Ryan, thanks for dropping by and letting me know about the broken links. I updated the few of the links, but some of them still look like they’re missing. I’m no media distributor, i only post them as I find them. If you really want them, you should look into purchasing them.
Lacey, thanks for the sharing! I just downloaded the pdf, i’ll be sure to be buying the book. I’ll be posting your contribution to the page in a moment!
January 30, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Winston Baccus
Wow, this a fantastic resource.. thanks for sharing. Perchance, do you have the stats PDF from the Calling All Peacemakers series? Mars Hill has redone their site and that file is no longer there.
January 31, 2007 at 12:03 am
Lon
Hey Winston, thanks for letting me know. I just uploaded the pdf i originally downloaded and updated the link.
thanks for dropping by. make yourself at home.
January 31, 2007 at 12:11 am
winstonb
Lon,
Check your link… Doesn’t seem to be working.
January 31, 2007 at 12:42 am
Lon
it’s working now.
February 10, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Matt
I have to thank you for putting all of this stuff together in one easy place for all of us to enjoy.
One question though, is there a way that I can get a bigger pic of the “everything is spiritual” pic you have up there with all the boards together? Have you heard anything on a dvd release date?
Thanks again.
Shalom,
matthew
February 10, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Matt
P.S. The Mastering the Art of Living stuff has been taken down.
February 11, 2007 at 4:58 pm
bill marshll
hey i was wondering, if you might be able to email me a few messages from years past. I have a good total of the whole lot but am missing a few of them to complete series. Could you email me to let me know if you would be able to email them to me. thanks a ton, bill
February 11, 2007 at 5:00 pm
bill marshll
Oh by the way i went to the sex god tour thing here at University of Michigan, very cool. Also they showed the new nooma called “YOU” which was very cool. He didn’t talk about his book at all but instead did a simple question and answer for an hour on anything you wanted to ask him. Some very cool questions with some of course fun answers. but if you get a chance it is a very cool event.
Bill
February 13, 2007 at 8:44 am
Lon
Matt thanks for dropping by, i just updated the link on the ‘everything is spiritual’ image to point to the original larger/clearer image.
Hey Bill, I’d love to see the event, but unfortunately i’m up in Canada and doesn’t look like he’ll be making any stops here. I could send you a few if there’s anything specific that you’re looking for but i’d rather just be the linker than a content distributor. Both the noomas and archived messages I bought myself… the sermon’s are only a buck each after all.
February 16, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Brian
Thanks for all the downloads! I put most of them on my iPod and listen to them over and over. Lots of wisdom there! Rob really has a way of making lessons from the bible apply to our lives today.
The link for “Mastering the Art of Living” does not work. Are there any other ways to get this series???
February 16, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Brian
There’s a good portion of Nooma video “Breathe” on myspace. It isn’t the total film, but does give you a good 10 minutes.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1690299763
February 20, 2007 at 7:09 am
Mikhail Lomize
You can find a short video from Rob Bell’s Sex God tour at the University of Michigan at http://www.interconnectedness.net/2007/02/17/rob-bell-sex-god-tour-university-of-michigan/
Shalom,
Misha
P.S. You’ve done great work compiling this information about Rob Bell!
February 20, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Lon
Hey Brian, it should be available for purchase on the website. if not you should be able to request it from them. it’s definitely worth the purchase.
and thanks for the Breathe link as well.
Misha, i’ve also included your sexgod youtube clip, thanks!
March 2, 2007 at 1:58 pm
brad grinnen
lon,
i found your site via one of stephen shields posts long ago. i just came across this resource page today. this is extensive! if i find anything else, i’ll be sure to send it to you. thanks for this. most of these i had found, but some are new.
were you at the ‘isn’t she beautiful’ conference?
brad
March 9, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Lon
Hey Brad, thanks for checking in. I wish I could’ve made it to the conference, but unfortunately Rob doesn’t seem to swing by Canada often. I’ll make my pilgrimage down there some day…
March 15, 2007 at 2:01 am
Mark Heard
Along with everyon else, thanks for your site. It has been mentioned before about “About Mastering the Art of Living”. Was it any good? Can it still be purchased? How as I can’t see it anywhere on MHBC website. I could call but I’m from Australia which makes it awkward.
Thanks
March 15, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Mark Heard
PS I found the area on Mars Hill for ordering Mastering the Art of Living & have commenced to download the 15 messages. Look forward to listening to them. There are quite a few other messages on MHBC website (not the 12 most recent messages). Can anyone recommend any others that particulalry spoke to them? I know it’s an individual thing.
March 15, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Dan Johnson
Hey, great site. Do you know if you will ever get the audio for the Sex God QandA?
March 20, 2007 at 11:34 am
Winston Baccus
Mark,
The New Exodus series is a great one to listen to as well. It’s kind of the setup for what they’re doing now with XYZ.
To All:
I find that more and more I’m finding ways to apply what Rob is talking about from week to week. I’ll hear something, or have an idea for something for a youth program that relates back to something Rob said in a teaching. I would find it incredibly useful to have transcripts of the sermons to search through. Anyone else with me? Does anyone know of a place to get them currently?
March 20, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Lon
Sorry for the delayed reply.
Mark - A revolutionary Christmas is also a good series to purchase that I felt was very enlightening.
Dan - unless someone bootleg’s it, I don’t think there will be an official session available since it is a different Q&A in each stop of the tour.
Winston - Great idea. I’ve wrote some notes down as I’ve extracted material for my own teaching/learning, but I’ve never seen official transcripts. I can post some notes/quotes of my own up sometime as well.
March 22, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Matt
Hey,
I like the idea of transcripts and stuff. But, the real question is where is this Erwin McManus thing from?
March 22, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Winston Baccus
If we can get a few folks together and rotate, I’d be willing to be part of a transcribing group. Maybe if we had 4-6 people, so that we’d only have to do it every so often. Any takers?
March 23, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Lon
Hey Matt… I’ve had the McManus clip for years now, I don’t really remember where I got it from now. I think there use to be a similar video of the audio clip on his main site before.
Winston, i’m up for it, if there are others. how would you want to implement it? a seperate blog? e-group? google docs?