Rob Bell on Preaching

“Essentially, I believe the world needs more, better sermons.  And I’m passionate about this.  I do not think a sermon should be boring; I think it should be electric.  I do not think that it should be something people sit through so they can go to lunch.  I think it should be something that rattles your cage, and disturbs you, and comforts you, and inspires you, and provokes you.  And it should be SOMETHING.  This is an ancient, primal art form.  It’s the original gorilla theatre.  When you look through the prophets and look through Jesus’ sermons:  Whatever you did, you didn’t sit back and just evaluate them.  You were caught up in something, because the communicator was caught up in something.”

- Rob Bell
“Have They Had Too Much Wine”, Sermon Audio, Mars Hill Bible Church, 5/9/2009