For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Like a mirror, God appears to be more and more a reflection of whoever it is that happens to be talking about… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the reason people have a problem accepting 'the gospel' is that they sense that the God lurking behind Jesus isn't safe,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“God doesn’t wait for us to get ourselves polished, shined, proper, and without blemish—God comes to us and meets us and blesses… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images… — 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
“Has God created millions of people over tens of thousands of years who are going to spend eternity in anguish? Can God… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
What we believe about heaven and hell is incredibly important because it exposes what we believe about who God is and what… — 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
“This God disrupts the familiarity of the story by interrupting the sacrifice. Picture an early audience gasping. What? This God stopped the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“When people argue for the existence of a supernatural God who is somewhere else and reaches in on occasion to do a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understoon as an act of worship. Theis was God"s desire at Sinai - thst everybody… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“As we experience this love, there is a temptation at times to become hostile to our earlier understandings, feeling embarrassed that we… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“God has to punish sinners, because God is holy, but Jesus has paid the price for our sin, and so we can… — 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
