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
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 interactions I have are with people who are very kind and very grateful and they say very overwhelming things to me.… — 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
Do we get what we want? Yes, we get what we want. God is that loving. If we want isolation, despair, and… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
And a lot of times, the religious discussion is almost a masquerade for the real question, is what stories that we tell… — 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
Being a pastor for 20 years I realized that the labels, agnostic, atheist, believer, everybody's human and everybody wants to know what… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
To say it again, eternal life is less about a kind of time that starts when we die, and more about a… — 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
