For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
What does happen constantly with all kinds of people I meet is they say "I had this encounter with Jesus, can you… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is… — 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
“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 Copy Share Image
Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
What is God like? Because millions and millions of people were taught that the primary message - the center of the Gospel… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and he continually disrupted whatever conventions or… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus’ message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
So this is reality, this forgiveness, this reconciliation, is true for everybody. Paul insisted that when Jesus died on the cross, he… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Missions then is less about the transportation of God from one place to another and more about the identification of a God… — 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
I would say that the powerful, revolutionary thing about Jesus' message is that he says, 'What do you do with the people… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I would hope that wherever I go I bring good news - that's what that word means, right? It began with the… — 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
