--- title: "3 God image Quotes By Rob Bell" description: "3 God image quotes by Rob Bell. Plus more from Rob Bell and more God image sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/rob-bell-1025_dangerous_my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-peo_485968.png" --- > [My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-people-have-really-toxic/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/rob-bell-1025_dangerous_my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-peo_485968.png) > [When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-stifled-the-entire-community/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/rob-bell-1025_community_when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-s_1130365.png) > [Do we get what we want? Yes, we get what we want. God is that loving. If we want isolation, despair, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/do-we-get-what-we-want-yes-we-get-what-we-want-god-is-that-loving-if/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/rob-bell-1025_cant_do-we-get-what-we-want-yes-we-get-what-w_1421775.jpg) ## Other authors on God image ## More by Rob Bell > [If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/if-the-gospel-isn-t-good-news-for-everybody-then-it-isn-t-good-news/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/why-blame-the-dark-for-being-dark-it-is-far-more-helpful-to-ask-why/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/this-story-blasts-to-pieces-our-biases-and-labels-with-a-declaration/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/one-truth-is-that-suffering-raises-profound-questions-with-the/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/for-jesus-heaven-and-hell-were-present-realities-ways-of-living-we/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/love-is-what-god-is-love-is-why-jesus-came-and-love-is-why-he/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/i-believe-that-god-is-love-i-believe-that-jesus-came-to-show-us-this/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/if-the-gospel-isn-t-good-news-for-everybody-then-it-isn-t-good-news-2/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/i-don-t-read-the-bible-like-a-flat-line-i-don-t-see-all-of-the/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/to-elevate-abstract-doctrines-and-dogmas-over-living-breathing/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/the-modern-world-has-created-airports-and-hospitals-and-put-10-000/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [God is bigger than the Christian faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/god-is-bigger-than-the-christian-faith/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [What you believe about the future shapes, informs, and determines how you live now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/what-you-believe-about-the-future-shapes-informs-and-determines-how/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [The life you want begins by embracing the life you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/the-life-you-want-begins-by-embracing-the-life-you-have/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) > [It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/it-takes-quite-a-spine-to-turn-the-other-cheek-it-takes-phenomenal/) [Rob Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-bell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-image/rob-bell/#itemlist", "name": "3 God image Quotes By Rob Bell", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Bell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-people-have-really-toxic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/rob-bell-1025_dangerous_my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-peo_485968.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/rob-bell-1025_dangerous_my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-peo_485968.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/rob-bell-1025_dangerous_my-experience-as-a-pastor-is-lots-of-peo_485968.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images…” — Rob Bell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving themselves of the full image of god.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Bell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-bell/when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-stifled-the-entire-community/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/rob-bell-1025_community_when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-s_1130365.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/rob-bell-1025_community_when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-s_1130365.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/rob-bell-1025_community_when-the-female-voice-is-repressed-and-s_1130365.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from…” — Rob Bell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do we get what we want? 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