People Quotes by Rob Bell

Many people need a new rewiring of their heart and mind.

— Rob Bell

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

— Rob Bell

People received, affirmed and experienced grace in many different forms.

— Rob Bell

I think that grace and love always rattle people.

— Rob Bell

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give…

— Rob Bell

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to…

— Rob Bell

Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.

— Rob Bell

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room…

— Rob Bell

Sociologically, large groups of people don't generally have massive changes in their belief instantaneously.

— Rob Bell

I think what's happened in the modern world, there's a lot of people that sound very smart and it's very compelling and…

— Rob Bell

I think the church needs – I think this is the world we are living in and we need to affirm people…

— Rob Bell

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of…

— Rob Bell

Hope. People want hope. We crave hope. We long for hope. Hope has been present since the very beginning. And almost in…

— Rob Bell

Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right…

— Rob Bell

In our culture, Christians are known for a number of other things... Rarely do you hear people say, 'Oh yeah, those are…

— Rob Bell

Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as…

— Rob Bell

As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or…

— Rob Bell

Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding,…

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

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

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

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

It's absurd and quite tragic the way people have managed to pit science against faith. They aren't in conflict at all -…

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

I have met countless people who call themselves Christians who don't appear to have any living breathing vibrant connection with the resurrected…

— Rob Bell

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about…

— Rob Bell

My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images…

— Rob Bell

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

For a lot of people in our world today, God has become about believing the right stuff so you don't get in…

— Rob Bell

The world is desperately in need of people who will break themselves open and pour themselves out for the reconciliation of all…

— Rob Bell

People have a view of a God who is terrible that they can't even imagine being loving or wanting anything to do…

— Rob Bell

For many people, God is primitive, behind, trying to drag everything back to some prehistoric era as opposed to spirit, force, love,…

— Rob Bell

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

— Rob Bell

You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest.…

— Rob Bell

[The Bible] has to be interpreted. And if it isn’t interpreted, then it can’t be put into action. So if we are…

— Rob Bell

I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be…

— 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…

— Rob Bell