“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
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
“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 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
“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
“But sometimes when I hear people quote the Bible, I just want to throw up.” — 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
“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
The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it, renewing it. — 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
“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
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
[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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 by side… — Rob Bell 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. It's taking… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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