“But sometimes when I hear people quote the Bible, I just want to throw up.” — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The Bible tells a story. A story that isn’t over. A story that is still being told. A story that we have… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Whether we are reading the Bible for the first time or standing in a field in Israel next to a historian and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“That’s why the Bible is not a book about going to heaven. The action is here. The life is here. The point… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“He writes to his friends in Ephesus: I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. When people ask you… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“When people stepped forward and said, “You have heard it interpreted this way, but I tell you it really means this,” it… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The Bible was written by Jewish people who belonged to a Jewish minority living under the oppression of a succession of massive… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The Bible is not an argument. It is a record of human experience. The point is not to prove that it’s the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The Bible is a library of books reflecting how human beings have understood the divine. People at that time believed the gods… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“What you find in the Bible are stories accurately reflecting the dominant consciousness of the day, and yet right in among and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“What's the Best Question to Ask When You're Reading the Bible? Why did people find this important to write down?...Why did people… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The Bible itself is a book that constantly must be wrestled with and re-interpreted. ... Bible interpretation is colored by historical context,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“First, the Bible has to be interpreted. When someone says they’re just doing what the Bible says to do, they didn’t greet… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Most of the Bible is a history told by people living in lands occupied by conquering superpowers. It is a book written… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Jesus didn’t talk about a God who wants to burn this place down and take us somewhere else; he talked about the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line. I don’t see all of the passages in the Bible sitting equally side… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“On earth, lots of wills are done. Yours, mine, and many others. And so, at present, heaven and earth are not one.… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. — Rob Bell Copy Share
Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn’t as bright as it could be. — Rob Bell Copy Share
“This story... blasts to pieces our biases and labels with a declaration that God is on everyone's side, extending grace and compassion to everyone,… — Rob Bell Copy Share
One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions. — Rob Bell Copy Share
For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the… — Rob Bell Copy Share
Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after… — Rob Bell Copy Share
I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us… — Rob Bell Copy Share
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen… — Rob Bell Copy Share
“I don’t read the Bible like a flat line. I don’t see all of the passages in the Bible sitting equally side by side… — Rob Bell Copy Share
To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction. It's taking… — Rob Bell Copy Share
The modern world has created airports and hospitals and put 10,000 songs in our pocket. It has built gleaming buildings and computers and advances… — Rob Bell Copy Share
What you believe about the future shapes, informs, and determines how you live now. — Rob Bell Copy Share
It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray… — Rob Bell Copy Share
![“[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are serious about following God, then we have to interpret the Bible. It is not possible to simply do what the Bible says. We must first make decisions about what it means at this time, in…” quote by Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fe2/rob-bell-1025_action_the-bible-has-to-be-interpreted-and-if-i_1946930.png)
