Nooma: Matthew 012

Losing someone we love can be the most difficult thing to go through in life. All the explanations and comforting words in the world don't really help and everything can seem hopeless. But what might help us is to know, that in facing this kind of loss, Jesus wept.

Losing someone we love can be the most difficult thing to go through in life. All the explanations and comforting words in the world don't really help and everything can seem hopeless. But what might help us is to know, that in facing this kind of loss, Jesus wept.

YouthWorker Journal

'For some folks, the two words 'Jesus wept' are an unnecessary intrusion in John's Gospel. But for Rob Bell, these two words open up new ways to understand both the nature of Christ's love for us and the challenge of human suffering....Consider using this moving DVD the next time tragedy touches one of the members of your group.' -- YouthWorker Journal

Michigan pastor Rob Bell, known for his unconventional preaching style, offers a fresh and challenging work of Christian inspiration in his new book, Velvet Elvis -- giving readers a 21st-century (and distinctly unstodgy) view of what it means to wrestle with one's faith.