“In the religious version, you’ll often hear that when this happens, one group heads to a good place, and the rest of… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God’s and everything in it... — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the reason people have a problem accepting 'the gospel' is that they sense that the God lurking behind Jesus isn't safe,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Be patient. Don't force your experiences on others. The moving of spirit is a great mystery, and how or why or when… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“when people debate faith vs. science they’ve already missed the point. Faith is about embracing truth wherever it’s found, and that of… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
God then makes people whom he puts right in the middle of all this loaded creation. Commanding them to care for creation,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Churches and religious communities and organizations can claim to speak for God while at the same time actually being behind the movement… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
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 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
“Has God created millions of people over tens of thousands of years who are going to spend eternity in anguish? Can God… — 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
“The Psalms show us what healthy spiritual life looks like. You name everything that's happening inside of you. You give it language… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
You can set your intention to better understand your soul, your spirit, through daily practices like prayer, yoga and meditation, etc. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“This participation is important, because Jesus and the prophets lived with an awareness that God has been looking for partners since the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Now imagine what happened when people would offer a sacrifice but then it didn’t rain or the sun didn’t shine or their… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Does God get what God wants? That’s a good question. An interesting question. And it’s an important question that has given us… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“But in reading all of the passages in which Jesus uses the word "hell," what is so striking is that people believing… — 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
We're rediscovering Christianity as an Eastern religion, as a way of life. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“The story is like the other stories about gods demanding acts of devotion and obedience. Gods who are never satisfied. The first… — 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
