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
“It's all—let's use a very specific word here—miraculous. You, me, love, quarks, sex, chocolate, the speed of light—it's all miraculous, and it… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Agape doesn't love somebody because they're worthy. Agape makes them worthy by the strength and power of its love. Agape doesn't love… — 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
If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I am for marriage. I am for fidelity. I am for love, whether it's a man and woman, a woman and a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That's how love works. It can't be forced, manipulated, or coerced.… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
For many people, God is primitive, behind, trying to drag everything back to some prehistoric era as opposed to spirit, force, love,… — 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
