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Jesus Quotes by Rob Bell

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Rob Bell explains that Jesus taught love as the core of God and that Jesus came to share that love with everyone. He says the gospel is only good news if it reaches all people, not just a few. He also notes that the peace offered by faith isn’t a life without trouble, but a trust that holds through hardship.

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“The way of Jesus is a journey, not a destination.”

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If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus.

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The cross is God taking on flesh and blood and saying, Me too.

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“For Jesus, the question wasn’t, “How do I get into heaven?” but “How do I bring heaven here?”

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The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

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Every generation has to ask difficult questions about what does it mean to follow Jesus.

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Jesus is God's way of refusing to give up his dream for the world.

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Swords appear strong, but they're actually quite weak. Jesus appears weak, but he's actually quite strong.

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For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little…

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This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus’ message of love, peace, forgiveness and joy that our…

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I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to…

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The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.

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I have been told that I need to believe in Jesus. Which is a good thing. But what I am learning is…

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Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to…

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Missions then is less about the transportation of God from one place to another and more about the identification of a God…

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The peace we are offered is not a peace that is free from tragedy, illness, bankruptcy, divorce, depression, or heartache. It is…

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A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your…

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What does happen constantly with all kinds of people I meet is they say "I had this encounter with Jesus, can you…

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Times change. God doesn’t, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is…

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“God has to punish sinners, because God is holy, but Jesus has paid the price for our sin, and so we can…

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Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and he continually disrupted whatever conventions or…

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Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a…

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What if tomorrow someone digs up definitive proof that Jesus had a real, earthly, biological father named Larry, and archeologists find Larry's…

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In one of the accounts of Jesus's death we read that the curtain in the temple of God-the one that kept people…

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If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesus’s message is about how to get…

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When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God…

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I would say that the powerful, revolutionary thing about Jesus' message is that he says, 'What do you do with the people…

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What is God like? Because millions and millions of people were taught that the primary message - the center of the Gospel…

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So this is reality, this forgiveness, this reconciliation, is true for everybody. Paul insisted that when Jesus died on the cross, he…

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If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful…

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It often appears that those who talk the most about going to heaven when you die talk the least about bringing heaven…

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And this reality extends beyond this life. Heaven is full of forgiven people. Hell is full of forgiven people. Heaven is full…

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To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to…

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I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus…

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“The priest's work, the priest's service, was understood as an act of worship. This was God's desire at Sinai - that everybody…

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“As obvious as it is, then, Jesus is bigger than any one religion. He didn't come to start a new religion, and…

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I would hope that wherever I go I bring good news - that's what that word means, right? It began with the…

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You can be very religious and invoke the name of God and be able to quote lots of verses and be well…

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If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.

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For Jesus, heaven and hell were present realities. Ways of living we can enter into here and now. He talked very little of the…

Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after…

I believe that God is love. I believe that Jesus came to show us this love, to give us this love, to teach us…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

God is bigger than the Christian faith.

What you believe about the future shapes, informs, and determines how you live now.

The life you want begins by embracing the life you have.

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray…