“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 Bible Copy Share Image
“If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That's how love works. It can't be forced, manipulated, or coerced.… — Rob Bell Heavens Copy Share Image
I thought that Christian was a noun, a person looking for authenticity. I never understood that idea that a band could be… — Rob Bell Authenticity Copy Share Image
The vibrant, real historic Christian faith is very wide and leaves lots and lots of room for varying perspectives. It's very diverse… — Rob Bell Christian Copy Share Image
Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right… — Rob Bell After death Copy Share Image
“when people debate faith vs. science they’ve already missed the point. Faith is about embracing truth wherever it’s found, and that of… — Rob Bell Faith Copy Share Image
Look at the size of the universe and look at what we're discovering about string theory. There's a wide-eyed sense of we're… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Love demands freedom. It always has, and it always will. We are free to resist, reject, and rebel against God's ways for… — Rob Bell Demand Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with possessions; it's just that they have value to us only when we use them, engage them, and enjoy… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
When I talk about the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, I'm talking about our facing that… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Does God get what God wants? That’s a good question. An interesting question. And it’s an important question that has given us… — Rob Bell Food and wine 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 Bible Copy Share Image
“Now imagine what happened when people would offer a sacrifice but then it didn’t rain or the sun didn’t shine or their… — Rob Bell Religion Copy Share Image
“This participation is important, because Jesus and the prophets lived with an awareness that God has been looking for partners since the… — Rob Bell Religion Copy Share Image
“In the religious version, you’ll often hear that when this happens, one group heads to a good place, and the rest of… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Because the Jesus message is first and foremost an announcement of who you are. It’s about your identity, about the new word… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“It’s in that place that we’re reminded that true life comes when we’re willing to admit that we’ve reached the end of… — Rob Bell Desire 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 Bible Copy Share Image
Being a pastor for 20 years I realized that the labels, agnostic, atheist, believer, everybody's human and everybody wants to know what… — Rob Bell Agnostic Copy Share Image
“This story... blasts to pieces our biases and labels with a declaration that God is on everyone's side, extending grace and compassion… — Rob Bell Compassion Copy Share Image
To elevate abstract doctrines and dogmas over living, breathing, embodied experiences of God's love and grace, then, is going the wrong direction.… — Rob Bell Abstract Copy Share Image
We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Fear wants us to become obsessed with some event or person in the future, a year, a month, even a day. It… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“A Christian is not someone who expects to spend forever in heaven there. A Christian is someone who anticipates spending forever here,… — Rob Bell Christian Copy Share Image
“Some things that are labeled Christian aren’t true, and some things that aren’t labeled Christian are true. Some atheists say lots of… — Rob Bell Atheists Copy Share Image
“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understood as an act of worship. This was God's desire at Sinai - that everybody… — Rob Bell Helping others Copy Share Image
Creating and sharing beautiful things has provided me with the inspiration that we can do things we never thought we could do… — Rob Bell Beautiful Copy Share Image
The interactions I have are with people who are very kind and very grateful and they say very overwhelming things to me.… — Rob Bell Grateful Copy Share Image
I feel like I've gotten an extraordinary opportunity to experience a sort of collective humanity. If you hug many people in such… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“We want a little risk in our lives because it keeps things interesting. It wakes us up, it gives us a sense… — Rob Bell Breathing Copy Share Image
When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual… — Rob Bell Angel Copy Share Image
This breath, and this moment, and this life is a gift and we are all in this together. We all have countless… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“a person who speaks to this hour’s need will always be skirting the edge of heresy, but only the person who risks… — Rob Bell Heresy Copy Share Image
When someone wrongs us, we rarely (if ever) want to do the same thing back. Why? Because we want to do something… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The question is: Why have these poems and prayers endured? Why, thousands of years later, do we still have them? And the… — Rob Bell Human experience Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to never be separated from love? Is that how you live every day? In every thought, are you… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I do a meet and greet after every show in which I tell the audience that I would love to thank every… — Rob Bell Audience Copy Share Image
“Be patient. Don't force your experiences on others. The moving of spirit is a great mystery, and how or why or when… — Rob Bell Religion Copy Share Image
I believe that God is with you, that there is a presence. I believe this God is for you. I don't think… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving… — Rob Bell Community Copy Share Image
